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The Quote Sleuth: a Manual for the Tracer of Lost Quotations
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The Quote Sleuth: a Manual for the Tracer of Lost Quotations Hardcover - 1990

by Shipps, Anthony W

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  • Hardcover
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Urbana: University of Illinois Press., 1990. xi, 194pp, bibliography, index. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. The book provides information on several kinds of quotation compilations, on a number of useful indexes, on the recognition and pursuit of clues, on important but overlooked reference works that should be used, and on how to scout out classical and foreign quotations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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  • Title The Quote Sleuth: a Manual for the Tracer of Lost Quotations
  • Author Shipps, Anthony W
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Illinois Press., Urbana
  • Date 1990
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 017360
  • ISBN 9780252016950 / 0252016955
  • Weight 1.16 lbs (0.53 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.84 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.13 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Reference books - Bibliography - Handbooks,, Research - Methodology - Handbooks, manuals,
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 89-77126
  • Dewey Decimal Code 080.72

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For many centuries writers and speakers have been quoting other writers and speakers in their writings and speeches and in their everyday conversations.

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