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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary -  Simon Winchester - Used Books - Hardcover
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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

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  • Bookseller: BennCart Books US (US)
  • Seller Inventory #: Alibris.0027454
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Book condition: Good
  • Jacket condition: Good
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • ISBN 10: 0060175966
  • ISBN 13: 9780060175962
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Date published: 1998
  • Pages: 242
  • Size: 5.75 x 8.5 x 1.25 inches
  • Weight: 1 pounds

Description

HarperCollins Publishers, 1998 Good in good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 256 p. Audience: General/trade.. Hard cover. Good/Good.




Book summary

The fascinating true story about the relationship between the man who compiled the first Oxford English Dictionary and his major collaborator, an imprisoned murderer. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998.


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