The Compact Edition Oxford English Dictionary 1478-1978 500th Anniversary Edition
by Oxford University Press and Var
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Leather Bound. Very Good. [2 Volume Set] Oxford University Press / Franklin Library, (1971, 1979), Stout hardcovers bound in fine full royal blue morocco leather with gilt decoration. 4116 pages, total. The Anniversary Edition issued by The Franklin Library in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of The Oxford University Press as a limited/numbered edition. All page edges gilt. Blue silk endpapers, ribbon bookmarks. Call for a magnifying glass (not included) to be read as each page has four full pages of text. Volume 2 includes Supplement and Bibliography. Very good overall condition with at most a few minor scuffs to leather; no owner marking, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (shelf 4)
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- gStrum (US)
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- Title
- The Compact Edition Oxford English Dictionary 1478-1978 500th Anniversary Edition
- Author
- Oxford University Press and Var
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- Leather Bound
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- 1
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Fine
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- Morocco
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- Gilt
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