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