ISBN10: 0424063905, ISBN13: 9780424063904, [publisher: Sydney University Press, Sydney 1972 (first published in 1898)] Hardcover 22.0 x 15.0cms, 526pp, very good hardback & dustwrapper This was a pioneering dictionary of Australian & New Zealand compiled on historical principles
[Sydney, NSW, Australia] [Publication Year: 1972]

ISBN10: 0424063905, ISBN13: 9780424063904, [publisher: Sydney University Press, Sydney] Hardcover Hardback octavo, no jacket, good condition, pages toned, bottom corners covers little bumped, spine ends & corner tips covers little rubbed, small mark bottom edge. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 525 pp. This dictionary by Edward E. Morris was first published in 1898 and has been out of print for many years. It remains the only dictionary of Australian and New Zealand English compiled on historical principles. The dictionary is a very readable book and will interest anyone working with language, and it is a useful general reference dictionary of Australasian English. There is a specially contributed foreword by H. L. Rogers, Professor of Early English Literature and Language and Chairman of the Australian Language Research Centre, University of Sydney.
[Annandale Sydney, NSW, Australia] [Publication Year: 1972]