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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
by Winchester, Simon
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine copy in fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0060175966
- ISBN 13
- 9780060175962
- Seller
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Pittsford, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: HarperCollins. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1998. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 242 pp., First printing of the first edition. .
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
- Abacus Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOKS108552I
- Title
- The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
- Author
- Winchester, Simon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine copy in fine dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0060175966
- ISBN 13
- 9780060175962
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Bookseller catalogs
- Language;
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