The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
by WINCHESTER, SIMON
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- as new
- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0198607024
- ISBN 13
- 9780198607021
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About This Item
England: Oxford Univ Press, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback A delightfully entertaining and fascinating story by a man with extraordinary storytelling gifts. First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket AS NEW. B/w illustrations. Dark brown full cloth w/gilt titles, in pristine condition. Map of Oxford on endpapers, in red tones. The reader may be surprised at the portraitures of the Dickensian characters: James Murray, Fitzedward Hall, W. C. Minor and Frederick Furnivall--and their role in this intriguing, delightful, humorous story of the making of the Oxford English Dictionary. 260 pages with Bibliography and Index. 9 x 5.75 inches. Oxford University Press, Oxford, England, 2003.
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- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
- Author
- WINCHESTER, SIMON
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0198607024
- ISBN 13
- 9780198607021
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ Press
- Place of Publication
- England
- Date Published
- 2003
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- HISTORY, ENGLISH LANGUAGE; DICTIONARY; COOLERIDGE, HERBERT; FURNIVALL, FREDERICK; MURRAY, JAMES AUGUSTUS HENRY;
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. Great Britain;
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- 0 oz
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