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The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary (Signed)
by Simon Winchester
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0198607024
- ISBN 13
- 9780198607021
- Seller
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San Jose, California, United States
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About This Item
United States: Oxford University Press, 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Book has light dents to the head and heel of the spine, else clean and tight. Jacket has a light dent in the head of the spine and mild shelfwear, else bright. Signed on the title page by Winchester. First edition, first printing.
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- Bookseller
- A Flare For Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001088
- Title
- The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary (Signed)
- Author
- Simon Winchester
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0198607024
- ISBN 13
- 9780198607021
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- United States
- Date Published
- 2003
- Pages
- 260
- Bookseller catalogs
- Non Fiction;
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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