THE OXFORD UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY ON HISTORICAL PRINCIPLES
by Little, William; Henry Watson Fowler; Jessie Coulson; C. T. Onions (editors)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: Oxford University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1955. 3rd Edition (stated). 1. Hard Cover. 3rd edition, revised with addenda. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on spine. This dictionary is an abridgement officially authorized by the Delegates of the Oxford University Press of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, later known as The Oxford English Dictionary. An extremely large and heavy volume.. Binding shaken, former owner's printed bookplate on fep, otherwise unmarked. Reading copy. GOOD.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. xxi, (i), 2515 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5610
- Title
- THE OXFORD UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY ON HISTORICAL PRINCIPLES
- Author
- Little, William; Henry Watson Fowler; Jessie Coulson; C. T. Onions (editors)
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- 3rd Edition (stated). 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- History;, Reference;, Oxford;, Oxford English Dictionary;, OED;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference;
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Round Table Books, LLC
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Palatine, Illinois
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