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The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder,Madness And the Love of Words
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- Used
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670878626
- ISBN 13
- 9780670878628
- Seller
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ELY, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Viking. Very Good/Very Good. 1998. Hard Cover. 8vo 0670878626 Dust jaket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. Illustrated end papers.+224 pages clean and tight. The making of the Oxford English Dictionary was a monumental 50 year task requiring thousands of volunteers. One of the keenest volunteers was a W C Minor who astonished everyone by refusing to come to Oxford to receive his congratulations. In the end James Murray, the OED's editor, went to Crowthorne in Berkshire to meet him. What he found was incredible - Minor was a millionaire American civil war surgeon turned lunatic, imprisioned in Broadmoor Asylum for murder and yet who dedicated his entire cell-bound life to work on the English language. .
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- Bookseller
- CHARLES BOSSOM
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 145633
- Title
- The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder,Madness And the Love of Words
- Author
- Unknown
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670878626
- ISBN 13
- 9780670878628
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1998
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About the Seller
CHARLES BOSSOM
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ELY, Cambridgeshire
About CHARLES BOSSOM
Charles Bossom has worked in the Book Trade since 1963, commencing at WH Smith Oxford and retiring in 1999 as Regional Manager Central England. The Charles Bossom bookselling business was started in early 2000. We offer a changing selection of old and out-of-print books in a wide range of subjects. We frequently add new items to our stock so visit us regularly.
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