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Canadian Oxford Dictionary: Thumb Index Edition
by Barber, Katherine (ed)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 019541120X
- ISBN 13
- 9780195411201
- Seller
-
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Oxford Univ Press, 1998. ----- # 007377 - The scan you see is the book you get. Large heavy book, blue boards with gilt on spine, headband, speckled edges, thumb indexed, xviii, 1707 pages, former owners name in small letters on ffep, book weight is over (4 lbs.) 2100 grams, Near Fine condition, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition. "Dictionary features, 130,000 entries, grammar info, full pronunciations, over 23,000 illustrative examples, over 7,000 idioms, usage notes, word origins, 6,000 place names, 6,000 biographies, over 300 mythological figures, over 400 entries for historical events, every entry written from a Canadian point of view, entries based on an analysis of over 20 million words of Canadian text, 2,000 Canadian words & senses, 500 Canadian regionalisms, over 1,200 Canadian place names, Biographies of over 800 Canadians, Canadian spelling, Canadian pronunciation, over 300 entries pertaining to Canadian Aboriginal peoples & their cultures, Canadian fauna & flora." Contents include: Preface by Katherine Barber / Canadian english: 250 Years in the Making by J. K. Chambers / Guide to the Use of This Dictionary / Canadian Oxford Dictionary / Appendices: 1: Style Guide 2: Prime Ministers & Governors General of Canada 3: Weights, Measures, and Notation 4: Alphabets / Inside back cover: Abbreviations; Pronunciation symbols. Check out the scans.. First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Nessa Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007377
- Title
- Canadian Oxford Dictionary: Thumb Index Edition
- Author
- Barber, Katherine (ed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 019541120X
- ISBN 13
- 9780195411201
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ Press
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- Barber, Katherine (ed) Canadian Oxford Dictionary: Thumb Index Edition Oxford Univ Press -----Large heavy book, blue boards with gilt on spine, headband, speckled edges, thumb indexed, xviii, 1707 pages, former owners name in small letters on ffep,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadiana; Reference;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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