Oxford University Press 2003 First Edition/First Printing Hardcover Fine in Near Fine jacket Book A square solid tight clean unread copy. The priced jacket has some light rubbing wear, light edge wear. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND WILL NORMALLY SHIP NEXT DAY.

ISBN10: 0198607024, ISBN13: 9780198607021, [publisher: Oxford, Oxford University Press 2003] Hardcover Original publishers brown paper-covered boards, gilt title spine, pictorial dustjacket, 8vo: plan on endpapers, frontispiece, 260pp., illustrated, epilogue, bibliography, credits pictures, index. Very fine copy - as new. .
[Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands] [Publication Year: 2003]

Oxford University Press, USA 2003 Hard cover 2003. OUP. First. Hard Cover. Book-VG+. DJ-VG. 8.5x5.5. 260pp. Frontis, some b/w illus, illus endpapers.

Oxford University Press, USA 2003 Hard cover 2003. OUP. First. Hard Cover. Book-VG+. Dj-VG. 8.5x5.5. 260pp. Frontis, some b/w photos, illus endpapers.

New York, NY Oxford University Press 2003 American First Hardcover Very Good+ in Very Good+, Not Price Clipped jacket Book Complete number line from 1 to 10; minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; illustrated with black and white photographs; map of Oxford on both end papers.

ISBN10: 0198607024, ISBN13: 9780198607021, [publisher: Oxford: Oxford University Press] Hardcover First Edition XXV, 260 S. Umschlag leicht berieben, sonst gutes Exemplar. - A kleptomaniac, the nephew of a French Emperor, the creator of an imaginary land inhabited by small hairy creatures, a homicidal lunatic, an Esperanto enthusiast, the man who introduced the camel to the Wild West, the captain of an all-ladies sculling team, a hermit, and the son of a Scottish draper. . .just who were these people and what connected them to the world's greatest dictionary? In witty and absorbing prose, Simon Winchester paints lively portraits of such key figures as the brilliant but tubercular first editor Herbert Coleridge (grandson of the poet), the colourful, boisterous Frederick Furnivall (sometimes remembered for his fondness for his female sculling team), and James Augustus Henry Murray, who spent a half-century bringing the project to fruition. The story traces the origins of the English language and the first attempts to catalogue it, the growing desire for an all-inclusive dictionary, through to the triumphant publication of the first edition of the Dictionary in 1928 and beyond. The Meaning of Everything is rich with captivating detail: how the word aardvark narrowly missed inclusion after being deemed too 'scientific' and too 'foreign', which editor of the Dictionary became the inspiration for Kenneth Grahame's Ratty in The Wind in the ...
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ISBN10: 0198607024, ISBN13: 9780198607021, [publisher: Oxford: Oxford University Press] Hardcover First Edition XXV, 260 S. Umschlag leicht berieben, sonst gutes Exemplar. - A kleptomaniac, the nephew of a French Emperor, the creator of an imaginary land inhabited by small hairy creatures, a homicidal lunatic, an Esperanto enthusiast, the man who introduced the camel to the Wild West, the captain of an all-ladies sculling team, a hermit, and the son of a Scottish draper. . .just who were these people and what connected them to the world's greatest dictionary? In witty and absorbing prose, Simon Winchester paints lively portraits of such key figures as the brilliant but tubercular first editor Herbert Coleridge (grandson of the poet), the colourful, boisterous Frederick Furnivall (sometimes remembered for his fondness for his female sculling team), and James Augustus Henry Murray, who spent a half-century bringing the project to fruition. The story traces the origins of the English language and the first attempts to catalogue it, the growing desire for an all-inclusive dictionary, through to the triumphant publication of the first edition of the Dictionary in 1928 and beyond. The Meaning of Everything is rich with captivating detail: how the word aardvark narrowly missed inclusion after being deemed too 'scientific' and too 'foreign', which editor of the Dictionary became the inspiration for Kenneth Grahame's Ratty in The Wind in the ...
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ISBN10: 0198607024, ISBN13: 9780198607021, [publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP), Oxford] Hardcover First Edition Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), full-page black & white text-photos, minimal edgewear. 260 pp. First edition. Simon Winchester writes an entertaining history of the world's greatest dictionary, originally published in 1928. This fast-paced narrative provides lively portraits of the eccentric key figures, such as the brilliant but tubercular first editor Herbert Coleridge (grandson of the poet), the colourful, boisterous Frederick Furnivall (who left the project in a shambles), and James Augustus Henry Murray, who spent a half-century bringing the project to fruition. Winchester also lovingly describes the tedious nuts-and-bolts work of dictionary making.
[Annandale Sydney, NSW, Australia] [Publication Year: 2003]

ISBN10: 0198607024, ISBN13: 9780198607021, [publisher: Oxford Univ Pr] Softcover 256 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2003]

ISBN10: 0198607024, ISBN13: 9780198607021, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover First Edition Book is in NEW condition. Satisfaction Guaranteed! Fast Customer Service!!
[Suffolk, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2003]
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ISBN10: 0198607024, ISBN13: 9780198607021, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover First Edition Fine copy. No additions. Dustwrapper as new/ 'Signed copy' wraparound strip.
[Aberystwyth, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2003]