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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Cloth - 2001

by Edited By Elizabeth Knowles

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Great Britain: Oxford University Press. Very Good/Very Good. 2001. 5th Edition Reprinted With Corrections. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 0198601735 Hardback Hardback. The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. This book is acclaimed for its broad and authoritative coverage. Now with 20,000 quotations, this major new edition has been brought fully up to date, whilst traditional areas of coverage have been enhanced. Particular areas such as world religions and classical Greek and Latin literature have been improved, and proverbs and nursery rhymes are also included. In addition, there are new sections bringing together Advertising slogans, Epitaphs, Film lines, Misquotations, and other special categories of topical and related quotes. With a new thematic index, which allows you to browse through the best quotations on a given subject, more background information, an extensive keyword index, and cross-references to quotations about authors, you will easily be able to find quotations for all occasions, and identify who said what, where, and when. 1136 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.) .
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  • Title The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
  • Author Edited By Elizabeth Knowles
  • Binding Cloth
  • Edition 5th Edition Reprinted With Corrections
  • Condition Used - Very Good/Very Good
  • Pages 1152
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, Great Britain
  • Date 2001
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 094662
  • ISBN 9780198601739 / 0198601735
  • Weight 4.14 lbs (1.88 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.8 x 9.3 x 2.4 in (17.27 x 23.62 x 6.10 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Quotations, English, Quotations
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99012096
  • Dewey Decimal Code 082

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About the author

Elizabeth Knowles has been the Managing Editor of Oxford's Quotations Dictionaries since 1993. She lives in the United Kingdom.

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