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Johnson's Dictionary: A Modern Selection
by Johnson, Samuel (Ed. By E. L. McAdam, Jr. & George Milne)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG-/G+
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Pantheon Books, 1963 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Brown leather-textured boards, gilt titles & decorations, xiv, 465 pp. Edge wear. DJ has small chips & tears; in Brodart archival cover. Samuel Johnson's plan in compiling his dictionary was to define words by quoting examples from English literature, and thereby to create an anthology as well as a dictionary. The editors' purpose in this abridgement dictionary "is to furnish the modern reader enough of the original work so as to give him some sense of the unique quality of this landmark of literature and learning. There would be no point in repeating ordinary definitions of words found in any modern dictionary, but where such a word is given an unusual sense or definition it is included. A large number of obsolete words are included, and we have given a selection of the examples...." Shipping weight 3 lbs.. 3rd ptg. . VG-/G+. 22 X 15 cm.
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- Bookseller
- Twin City Antiquarian Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LAEN00050
- Title
- Johnson's Dictionary: A Modern Selection
- Author
- Johnson, Samuel (Ed. By E. L. McAdam, Jr. & George Milne)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-
- Jacket Condition
- G+
- Edition
- 3rd ptg
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Weight
- 3.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English Language Reference
- Bookseller catalogs
- English Language;
- Size
- 22 X 15 cm
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