Figures of speech /

Peake, Mervyn Laurence, 1911-1968.

Figures of speech / Mervyn Peake. - 1st U.S. ed. - Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 1954. - 1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly ill. ; 22 cm.

Uses cartoon-like drawings to represent such sayings as "Burning their bridges," "Sitting pretty," "To cut a long story short," and "I could just kick myself."

0763621765 (alk. paper)

2002041757


Riddles--Caricatures and cartoons--Juvenile literature.
English wit and humor, Pictorial--Juvenile literature.
Figures of speech.
Wit and humor.
Cartoons and comics.

NC1479.P4A47 1954

741.5
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