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Caught in the Web of Words: James A. H. Murray and the Oxford English Dictionary
by Murray, K. M. Elisabeth
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0300021313
- ISBN 13
- 9780300021318
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Yale Univ Pr, 1977. Later Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo. - over 7¾' - 9¾'. A Good copy in a Good dustjacket. DJ has shelfwear, edgewear, bumped corners, rubbing, smudges, toning, chipping to the top edge of the back flap, and has been price clipped. Book has edgewear, shelfwear to covers, foxing & smudges to edges of text block, a slightly cocked spine, and a crack at page 16. Interior is clean & unmarked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 608827
- Title
- Caught in the Web of Words: James A. H. Murray and the Oxford English Dictionary
- Author
- Murray, K. M. Elisabeth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0300021313
- ISBN 13
- 9780300021318
- Publisher
- Yale Univ Pr
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
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Terms of Sale
Arundel Books of Seattle
7-day return only if not as described (you must notify us immediately on upon receipt of any problem). We pack carefully.
About the Seller
Arundel Books of Seattle
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Seattle, Washington
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Glossary
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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