RABBIT AND PORK RHYMING TALK
Written by John Lawrence
Illustrated by John Lawrence
Published by Hamish Hamilton
in 1975
ISBN: 0241891302
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RABBIT AND PORK RHYMING TALK
Written by John Lawrence.
Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830969
1st.
1975.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
'Rabbit and Pork' stands for 'rhyming talk' or Cockney rhyming slang, the unique language with its famous phrases suchas 'plates of meat' (feet) and 'bees and honey' (money). A collection of fifty different phrases, all illustrated with a coloured wood engraving. Oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0241891302. Boards slightly grubby. Lower edge of boards lightly rubbed. Neat gift inscription in ink to top of front endpaper. Else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has remains of old price label to front flap and is lightly rubbed at corners.