The Word Detective: A Life in Words from Serendipity to Selfie.
by Simpson, John
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- Paperback
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0349141002
- ISBN 13
- 9780349141008
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
London: Abacus, 2017. New ed.. Paperback small trade, very good condition, base spine little bumped, minor edgewear. 366 pp. John Simpson is the former chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), where he helped move the dictionary online in the 1980s, and led the editorial work on its Third Edition (from 2000). His main story concentrates on his life at the dictionary. But he also uses words that crop up in the narrative itself as jumping-off points for digressions into stories about word history and usage. He wants to tell the story of words from a historical perspective. .
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30998
- Title
- The Word Detective: A Life in Words from Serendipity to Selfie.
- Author
- Simpson, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- New ed.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0349141002
- ISBN 13
- 9780349141008
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2017
- Keywords
- biography, communication, language, literature, reference, dictionaries, dictionary, britain
- Bookseller catalogs
- LANGUAGE & BOOKS;
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Bookhome Sydney
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Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
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