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Record 1
The devil's dictionary Author: Bierce, Ambrose, Publisher: Oxford : Bodleian Library, Date: 2019.   This title can be found in 1 Iowa libraries.
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Spinglish : the definitive dictionary of deliberately deceptive language / Author: Beard, Henry, Publisher: New York : Blue Rider Press, Date: [2015]   This title can be found in 3 Iowa libraries.
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Wretched writing : a compendium of crimes against the English language / Author: Petras, Ross. Publisher: New York, New York : A Perigee book, published by the Penguin Group, Date: 2013.   This title can be found in 6 Iowa libraries.
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The devil's dictionary, tales, & memoirs / Author: Bierce, Ambrose, Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Library of America : Date: c2011.   This title can be found in 14 Iowa libraries.
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Alphabetter juice : or, the joy of text / Author: Blount, Roy. Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Date: 2011.   This title can be found in 11 Iowa libraries.
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Alphabet juice : the energies, gists, and spirits of letters, words, and combinations thereof : their roots, bones, innards, piths, pips, and secret parts, tinctures, tonics, and essences : with examples of their usage foul and savory / Author: Blount, Roy. Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Date: 2009, c2008.   This title can be found in 1 Iowa libraries.
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The glorious nosebleed : fifth alphabet / Author: Gorey, Edward, Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury, Date: 2009.   This title can be found in 1 Iowa libraries.
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Alphabet juice : the energies, gists, and spirits of letters, words, and combinations thereof, their roots, bones, innards, piths, pips, and secret parts, tinctures, tonics, and essences, with examples of their usage foul and savory / Author: Blount, Roy. Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Date: 2008.   This title can be found in 15 Iowa libraries.
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Grammar snobs are great big meanies a guide to language for fun & spite / Format: [sound recording] : Author: Casagrande, June. Publisher: [New York?] : Tantor Media, Date: p2006.   This title can be found in 2 Iowa libraries.
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The revenge of anguished English : more accidental assaults upon our language / Author: Lederer, Richard, Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, Date: 2005.   This title can be found in 6 Iowa libraries.
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Here speeching American / Author: Petras, Kathryn. Publisher: New York : Villard Books, Date: c2004.   This title can be found in 1 Iowa libraries.
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The devil's dictionary / Author: Bierce, Ambrose, Publisher: Oxford : Oxford : Oxford University Press, Date: 1999.   This title can be found in 4 Iowa libraries.
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The Gashlycrumb tinies, or, After the outing / Author: Gorey, Edward, Publisher: New York : Harcourt Brace, Date: [1997], c1963.   This title can be found in 4 Iowa libraries.
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Dark and stormy rides again : the best (?) from the Bulwer-Lytton Contest / Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, Date: 1996.   This title can be found in 1 Iowa libraries.
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The doubter's companion : a dictionary of aggressive common sense / Author: Saul, John Ralston. Publisher: New York : Free Press, Date: c1994.   This title can be found in 2 Iowa libraries.
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Metapunctuation / Author: Frumkes, Lewis Burke. Publisher: New York : Dell, Date: 1993.   This title can be found in 1 Iowa libraries.
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It was a dark and stormy night : the final conflict : yet more of the best (?) from the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest / Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, Date: 1992.   This title can be found in 4 Iowa libraries.
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Fumblerules : a lighthearted guide to grammar and good usage / Author: Safire, William, Publisher: New York : Doubleday, Date: c1990.   This title can be found in 10 Iowa libraries.
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Crazy English : the ultimate joy ride through our language / Author: Lederer, Richard, Publisher: New York : Pocket Books, Date: c1989.   This title can be found in 10 Iowa libraries.
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Anguished English / Author: Lederer, Richard, Publisher: New York : Dell, Date: 1989, c1987.   This title can be found in 2 Iowa libraries.

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