Caught in the Web of Words: James Murray and the Oxford English Dictionary
by K.M.Elisabeth Murray
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Paperback / softback. New. A biography of James Murray, the first editor of the "Oxford English Dictionary". It provides an account of his life, along with how the dictionary was written, the personalities of the people working on it and the endless difficulties that nearly led to the whole enterprise being abandoned.
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- Title
- Caught in the Web of Words: James Murray and the Oxford English Dictionary
- Author
- K.M.Elisabeth Murray
- Format/Binding
- Paperback / softback
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 10
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0300089198
- ISBN 13
- 9780300089196
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- This edition first published
- March 1, 2001
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