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Curiosities in proverbs : a collection of unusual adages, maxims, aphorisms, phrases and other popular dicta from many lands

Title
Curiosities in proverbs : a collection of unusual adages, maxims, aphorisms, phrases and other popular dicta from many lands / classified and arranged with annotations by Dwight Edwards Marvin.
Author
Marvin, Dwight Edwards, 1851-1940
Publication
  • New York ; and London : G.P. Putman's Sons, 1916.
  • [New York] : The Knickerbocker Press, [1916]
  • ©1916.

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Additional Authors
  • G.P. Putnam's Sons, publisher.
  • Knickerbocker Press, printer.
Description
xi, [1], 428 pages; 18 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Subjects
Note
  • "Copyright, 1916 by Dwight Edwards Marvin."--verso of title page.
  • "The Knickerbocker Press, New York."--printer statement, verso of title page.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references ("Authorities consulted", pages vii-xi) and index.
Source (note)
  • Arthur A. Schomburg;
Provenance (note)
  • is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
Call Number
Sc 398.9-M (Marvin, D. Curiosities in proverbs)
LCCN
16004877
OCLC
  • 338227
  • NYPGR338227-B
Author
Marvin, Dwight Edwards, 1851-1940, author.
Title
Curiosities in proverbs : a collection of unusual adages, maxims, aphorisms, phrases and other popular dicta from many lands / classified and arranged with annotations by Dwight Edwards Marvin.
Publisher
New York ; and London : G.P. Putman's Sons, 1916.
Manufacturer
[New York] : The Knickerbocker Press, [1916]
Copyright Date
©1916.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references ("Authorities consulted", pages vii-xi) and index.
Provenance
Copy in Sc 398.9-M (accession no. B594372) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
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Full text available via HathiTrust (University of Michigan copy)
Added Author
G.P. Putnam's Sons, publisher.
Knickerbocker Press, printer.
Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
Research Call Number
Sc 398.9-M (Marvin, D. Curiosities in proverbs)
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