THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester - Used Book - Hardcover - Later printing. - from bookfever.com and Biblio.com

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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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"[This] is a story brimming with madness, violence, arcane obsession, weird learning, ghastly comedy, and odd sexual fantasy....But most importantly, Winchester recognizes it is also a tragic story and he provides the delicately sympathetic touch it deserves."

THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

by Winchester, Simon

Later printing.

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Book description: New York: Harper Collins, (1998.) . Later printing. . Very good in very good dust jacket (slight spine slant, prev owner's name.) . The extraordinary story of two men involved in the creation of the Oxford dictionary - the editor,Professor James Murray, and an American, Dr. William Chester Minor, the most prolific contributor, who was interred at Broadmoor as criminally insane. Illustrated. Suggestions for further reading. 242 pp.

Bookseller: bookfever.com (US)
Bookseller Inventory #: 43910
Book condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (slight spine slant, prev owner's name.)
Edition: Later printing.
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0060175966
ISBN 13: 9780060175962
Publisher: New York: Harper Collins, (1998.)
Date published: 1998
Pages: 242
Size: 5.75 x 8.5 x 1.25 inches
LCCN: PE1617.O94W56 1998
Dewey: 423/.092
Weight: 1 pounds
Keywords: Professor James Murray, Dr. William Chester Minor, broadmoor, lexicography,
Subjects: HISTORY / General;

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