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The professor and the mad man
by Simon winchester
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0060175966
- ISBN 13
- 9780060175962
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Book in Very good condition
Synopsis
The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Love of Words is a book by Simon Winchester first published in 1998. The American edition is called The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, and was published the same year. It tells the story of the making of the Oxford English Dictionary and one of its most useful early contributors, Dr. W.C. Minor, a retired United States Army surgeon.
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- Bookseller
- Samuel feratovic
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1
- Title
- The professor and the mad man
- Author
- Simon winchester
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060175966
- ISBN 13
- 9780060175962
- Publisher
- Harper collins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
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