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Foyle's Philavery | 
 enlarge | Author: Christopher Foyle
Publisher: Chambers
Category: Book
List Price: $15.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 163773
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 233
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0550103295
Dewey Decimal Number: 428.1
EAN: 9780550103291
ASIN: 0550103295
Publication Date: February 27, 2008
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Product Description
Philavery (fil-a-vuh-ri) n. An idiosyncratic collection of uncommon and pleasing words. The word "philavery" was invented by Christopher Foyle, the chairman of the famous Foyle's Bookshop in London, to describe this book: a collection of words chosen simply on the grounds of their aesthetic appeal. Some of the words appeal because of their aptness, some for their obscurity, some for their euphony, and some for their quirkiness. As a collection, they represent the fruits of a lifetime of reading and will delight all word lovers.
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You get what you pay for. July 26, 2008
You get exactly what is described in the product information and the result is great!
Soon your whole vocabulary may start growing stranger and stranger. You may even lose touch with your life-long friends.
Who cares? This is a super fun way to go!
A delight February 25, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is great fun for those who are interested in unusual words, even though there is, I think, a slight padding out. By my reckoning at least, some ten words out of the 105 listed here beginning with the letter A are not really all that unusual. But this must be a somewhat subjective judgment. Some 73 of the words under A I had never come across, and that's a pretty good score for this beautifully produced book. Would make a lovely present for a philaveryphile!
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