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New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. pp.260. Hardcover. NEAR FINE copy in NEAR FINE dust jacket. Bright clean unmarked copy. Dust jackets shows very minor rubbing, edge wear. Straight, tight spine. Brown boards, gilt spine, decorative end papers.
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The Meaning of Everything, The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary - 2003
by Winchester, Simon
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- Title The Meaning of Everything, The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
- Author Winchester, Simon
- Publisher Oxford University Press, New York
- Date 2003
- ISBN 9780198607024
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Oxford UK : Oxford University Press, 2003. First edition . Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Octavo. Binding is tight and spine fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy All edges neat and clean The Meaning of Everything is a scintillating account of the creation of the greatest monument ever erected to a living language. Simon Winchester's supple, vigorous prose illuminates this dauntingly ambitious project a seventy-year odyssey to create the grandfather of all word-books, the world's unrivalled uber-dictionary. B & W photos
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