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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
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 006099486X
- ISBN 13
- 9780060994860
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper Perennial, 1999. Softcover. Good. 242 pages. Edges curled, cover creased. Otherwise VG.
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
- Lowcountry Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 603044
- Title
- The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
- Author
- Winchester, Simon
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 006099486X
- ISBN 13
- 9780060994860
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
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