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The Meaning of Everything, The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
by Winchester, Simon
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0198607024
- ISBN 13
- 9780198607021
- Seller
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Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Oxford UK : Oxford University Press, 2003. First edition . Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Octavo. Binding is tight and spine fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy All edges neat and clean The Meaning of Everything is a scintillating account of the creation of the greatest monument ever erected to a living language. Simon Winchester's supple, vigorous prose illuminates this dauntingly ambitious project a seventy-year odyssey to create the grandfather of all word-books, the world's unrivalled uber-dictionary. B & W photos
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- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55870
- Title
- The Meaning of Everything, The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
- Author
- Winchester, Simon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0198607024
- ISBN 13
- 9780198607021
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford UK
- Date Published
- 2003
- Pages
- 260
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Books on books Oxford English Dictionary, words, English language
- X weight
- 700 kg
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Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
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