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The Professor and the Madman
by Winchester, Simon
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060175966
- ISBN 13
- 9780060175962
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About This Item
Harper Collins, 1998. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.
Synopsis
The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Love of Words is a book by Simon Winchester first published in 1998. The American edition is called The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, and was published the same year. It tells the story of the making of the Oxford English Dictionary and one of its most useful early contributors, Dr. W.C. Minor, a retired United States Army surgeon.
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- The Book House - St. Louis (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Professor and the Madman
- Author
- Winchester, Simon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060175966
- ISBN 13
- 9780060175962
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- Dictionaries, History, OED, Oxford, English, Dictionary
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