A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles; Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society . Thirteen volumes (ten volumes bound in 12 plus a one-volume supplement).

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Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1888-1928. Thirteen volumes (ten volumes bound in 12 plus a one-volume supplement). Thick folio, half leather with raised bands and pebbled cloth. First Edition in book form. Provenance: From the library of notable book collector Sydney Ross. Printing and the Mind of Man 371: The N.E.D., as it was originally cited, or the O.E.D., as it is now known, is the greatest treasure-house of any language in the world, unrivalled for its comprehensiveness and ease of consultation as well as for its reliability and scholarship. Quotations are used to show how the meanings of words have evolved over time. Occasional wear on bands, edges, and corners; occasional foxing; 3 vols. with a slight separation along a spine edge; cracking in one place in 2 vols.; folds on two endpapers and wrinkling and an edge tear on another, Very Good. Ideally, these volumes should be purchased in the Northeast not far from our location in the Albany, NY area so that you can come to our location and pick them up. If the books must be shipped, the shipping charge for these bulky and very heavy items should be negotiated in advance.

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Título

A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles; Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society . Thirteen volumes (ten volumes bound in 12 plus a one-volume supplement).

Editor

Clarendon, Oxford, UK

Fecha de publicación

1888

Idioma

Inglés

Encuadernación

Hardcover

Edición

1st Edition

Estado

Very Good