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A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles. Edited by James A.H. Murray, Henry Bradley, W.A. Craigie, C.T. Onions [with:] Supplement.
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1888-April 1928; 1933. (OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY) First Edition. First 9 vols. bound in 12; vol. 10 in 19 fascicles; Suppl. in 1 vol. vols., 4to. . First five volumes in brick red linen, leather labels; vols. 6-9 bound in tan linen, leather labels; vol. 10 in parts (wrappers or printed boards). Some wear to labels, spine of vol. 5 defective at label; fascicles with some wear to wrappers, marginal chipping to wrappers, text fine (largely unopened). Bookplate of Henry Cabot Lodge. Supplement in half red morocco, front wrapper bound in. Some rubbing to extremies and shelf wear to supplement. PMM 371. ΒΆ "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." - Printing and the Mind of Man A monumental work, published over a forty-year span, this set bound up in two stages with the final volume unbound as issued
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