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Item specifics

Condition
Like New: A book in excellent condition. Cover is shiny and undamaged, and the dust jacket is ...
ISBN
9780060994860

About this product

Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
006099486X
ISBN-13
9780060994860
eBay Product ID (ePID)
19038201874

Product Key Features

Book Title
Professor and the Madman : A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Lexicography, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), General, Linguistics / Etymology, Historical
Publication Year
1999
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Language Arts & Disciplines, Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
Simon Winchester
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
7.3 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
98-010204
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
423/.092
Synopsis
The shocking story of the single greatest contributor to the first Oxford English Dictionary in 1857 reveals that the man who contributed 10,000 definitions to the book was in fact a patient in an asylum for the criminally insane. Reprint. 100,000 first printing. Tour. NYT.
LC Classification Number
PE1617.094W56

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