The meaning of everything: the story of the Oxford English dictionary / Simon Winchester
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. 1st edition. SIGNED. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #312553
Physical description: xxv, 260 p.: ill., ports.; 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-253) and index. Contents: Taking the measure of it all -- The construction of the pigeon-holes -- The general officer commanding -- Battling with the undertow -- Pushing through the untrodden forest -- So heavily goes the chariot -- The hermit and the murderer--and Hereward Thimbleby Price -- From take to turn-down--and then, triumphal valediction. Subjects: Murray, James Augustus Henry Sir 1837-1915. Oxford English dictionary. Lexicographers Great Britain; Biography. Lexicology History. English language Etymology. English language Lexicography.
Genre: Bibliography. History. Illustrated.
Price: €60.00