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Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2003
Seller: A. Richard Books and More, Washington DC, DC, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed by the author on a book plate without inscription. Small tear to jacket at bottom of spine. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Oxford Univ Press, New York, 2003
ISBN 10: 0198607024ISBN 13: 9780198607021
Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st US Edition/1st Printing. SIGNED by author on a bookplate on dedication page (signature only). $25.00 price present on DJ flap. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.
Published by Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 2003
ISBN 10: 0198607024ISBN 13: 9780198607021
Seller: Hourglass Books, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Book Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine, Not Price Clipped. American First. Complete number line from 1 to 10; signed by Simon Winchester on the title page with no inscription; minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed by Author(s). Book.
Published by OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, NY, 2003
ISBN 10: 0198607024ISBN 13: 9780198607021
Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. WRAP AROUND BAND, FLAT SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Oxford University Press, NY, 2003
ISBN 10: 0198607024ISBN 13: 9780198607021
Seller: Gene W. Baade, Books on the West, Renton, WA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st printing. Cloth. 260pp. Illus. Bibliography. Index. Endpaper maps. Brief presentation to your bookseller and his wife signed & dated by Winchester in year of publication.
Published by Oxford University Press, New York, 2003
ISBN 10: 0198607024ISBN 13: 9780198607021
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: New condition. Dust Jacket Condition: New dust jacket. NOT a library discard (illustrator). First Printing of the First Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on a Literary Society of Las Vegas bookplate (his signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). BRAND NEW in a BRAND NEW dust jacket. Near PERFECT CONDITION. The jacket has only a tiny bit of very mild shelfwear (like you sometimes find in any new book store). NO chips, creases, tears or fading. NOT price clipped ($25.00). Sharp corners. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked - obviously never read. 2003. First printing of the First Edition with "First published " so stated and complete number row (13579 10 8642) on the copyright page. Photo illustrated. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original brown boards, stamped in bright gold on the spine. From the dust jacket: " From the best-selling author of THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN, THE MAP THAT CHANGED THE WORLD, and KRAKATOA comes a truly wonderful celebration of the English language and of its unrivaled treasure house, the Oxford English Dictionary. Writing with marvelous brio, Winchester first serves up a lightning history of the English language -- "so vast, so sprawling, so wonderfully unwieldy" -- and pays homage to the great dictionary makers, from 'the irredeemably famous' Samuel Johnson to the 'short, pale, smug and boastful' schoolmaster from New Hartford, Noah Webster. He then turns his unmatched talent for story-telling to the making of this most venerable of dictionaries. In this fast-paced narrative, the reader will discover lively portraits of such key figures as the brilliant but tubercular first editor Herbert Coleridge (grandson of the poet), the colorful, 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 lovingly describes the nuts-and-bolts of dictionary making -- how unexpectedly tricky the dictionary entry for marzipan was, or how fraternity turned out so much longer and monkey so much more ancient than anticipated -- and how bondmaid was left out completely, its slips found lurking under a pile of books long after the B-volume had gone to press. We visit the ugly corrugated iron structure that Murray grandly dubbed the Scriptorium -- the Scrippy or the Shed, as locals called it -- and meet some of the legion of volunteers, from Fitzedward Hall, a bitter hermit obsessively devoted to the OED, to W. C. Minor, whose story is one of dangerous madness, ineluctable sadness, and ultimate redemption. THE MEANING OF EVERYTHING is a scintillating account of the creation of the greatest monument ever erected to a living language. Simon Winchester's supple, vigorous prose illuminates this dauntingly ambitious project -- a seventy-year odyssey to create the grandfather of all word-books, the world's unrivalled uber-dictionary.". Signed by the Author (his signature only). First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. New condition/New dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, Etc., 2003
ISBN 10: 0198607024ISBN 13: 9780198607021
Seller: Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA, El Cerrito, CA, U.S.A.
Book Signed
xxv, 260p., b/w illus., dj, author's SIGNED presentation copy.
Published by Oxford University Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 0198607024ISBN 13: 9780198607021
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. About the book: Hardcover with jacket. First Edition, Second Printing. Signed by author on title page. Both book and jacket are in very good condition. Jacket has scratch to lower back cover. Additional photos available upon request. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Oxford University Press, United States, 2003
ISBN 10: 0198607024ISBN 13: 9780198607021
Seller: A Flare For Books, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. Book has light dents to the head and heel of the spine, else clean and tight. Jacket has a light dent in the head of the spine and mild shelfwear, else bright. Signed on the title page by Winchester. First edition, first printing. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Oxford University Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 0198607024ISBN 13: 9780198607021
Seller: Ystwyth Books, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Fine copy. No additions. Dustwrapper as new/ 'Signed copy' wraparound strip. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Oxford University Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 0198607024ISBN 13: 9780198607021
Seller: Margins13 Books, Redmond, WA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. FIRST American Edition AND FIRST Printing, with publishers full number line in place. * SIGNED * by author DIRECTLY ONTO THE TITLE PAGE (signature only). A PERFECT volume in same condition UNclipped dust jacket. Map end-papers. A FLAWLESS copy. Illustrated with b/w archival photographs. 250 pages. A FIRST/FIRST. Mylar protected jacket. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Oxford University Press, New York, 2003
ISBN 10: 0198607024ISBN 13: 9780198607021
Seller: A Turn of the Page Books, Fishers, IN, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
1/4 Cloth; Paper Boards. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. "From the best-selling author of The Professor and the Madman, The Map That Changed the World, and Krakatoa comes a truly wonderful celebration of the English language and of its unrivaled treasure house, the Oxford English Dictionary. Writing with marvelous brio, Winchester first serves up a lightning history of the English language--'so vast, so sprawling, so wonderfully unwieldy'--and pays homage to the great dictionary makers, from 'the irredeemably famous' Samuel Johnson to the 'short, pale, smug and boastful' schoolmaster from New Hartford, Noah Webster. He then turns his unmatched talent for story-telling to the making of this most venerable of dictionaries. In this fast-paced narrative, the reader will discover lively portraits of such key figures as the brilliant but tubercular first editor Herbert Coleridge (grandson of the poet), the colorful, 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 lovingly describes the nuts-and-bolts of dictionary making--how unexpectedly tricky the dictionary entry for marzipan was, or how fraternity turned out so much longer and monkey so much more ancient than anticipated--and how bondmaid was left out completely, its slips found lurking under a pile of books long after the B-volume had gone to press. We visit the ugly corrugated iron structure that Murray grandly dubbed the Scriptorium--the Scrippy or the Shed, as locals called it--and meet some of the legion of volunteers, from Fitzedward Hall, a bitter hermit obsessively devoted to the OED, to W. C. Minor, whose story is one of dangerous madness, ineluctable sadness, and ultimate redemption. The Meaning of Everything is a scintillating account of the creation of the greatest monument ever erected to a living language. Simon Winchester's supple, vigorous prose illuminates this dauntingly ambitious project--a seventy-year odyssey to create the grandfather of all word-books, the world's unrivalled uber -dictionary." - Publisher. Simon Winchester is the author of the bestsellers The Map That Changed the World, The Madman and the Professor, and Krakatoa. He was a foreign correspondent for The Guardian and The Sunday Times and was based in Belfast, New Delhi, New York, London and Hong Kong. Winchester has written for Conde Nast Traveler, Smithsonian, and National Geographic. He lives in Massachusetts, New York, and the Western Isles of Scotland. Signed by Author. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Oxford University Press, N. Y. And Oxford., 2003
ISBN 10: 0198607024ISBN 13: 9780198607021
Seller: Quinn & Davis Booksellers, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. First Edition Hardcover signed on the title page by the author, Simon Winchester. 260 pages, bibliography, index. No other names, writing, or marks. Dust jacket and book are in Fine, as new, condition. ; Standard Book Size.
Published by Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition Signed
1st edition. SIGNED. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xxv, 260 p.: ill., ports.; 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-253) and index. Contents: Taking the measure of it all -- The construction of the pigeon-holes -- The general officer commanding -- Battling with the undertow -- Pushing through the untrodden forest -- So heavily goes the chariot -- The hermit and the murderer--and Hereward Thimbleby Price -- From take to turn-down--and then, triumphal valediction. Subjects: Murray, James Augustus Henry Sir 1837-1915. Oxford English dictionary. Lexicographers Great Britain; Biography. Lexicology History. English language Etymology. English language Lexicography.Genre: Bibliography. History. Illustrated. 1 Kg.
Published by Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
1st edition. SIGNED. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xxv, 260 p.: ill., ports.; 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-253) and index. Contents: Taking the measure of it all -- The construction of the pigeon-holes -- The general officer commanding -- Battling with the undertow -- Pushing through the untrodden forest -- So heavily goes the chariot -- The hermit and the murderer--and Hereward Thimbleby Price -- From take to turn-down--and then, triumphal valediction. Subjects: Murray, James Augustus Henry Sir 1837-1915. Oxford English dictionary. Lexicographers Great Britain; Biography. Lexicology History. English language Etymology. English language Lexicography.Genre: Bibliography. History. Illustrated. 1 Kg.
Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford/new York, 2003
ISBN 10: 0198607024ISBN 13: 9780198607021
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. SIGNED by Simon Winchester on a specially applied printed label on front end-paper. Fine in fine dust jacket. (G) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 260 pages.
Published by Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 2003
ISBN 10: 0198607024ISBN 13: 9780198607021
Seller: West End Editions, Burlington, ON, Canada
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A beautiful copy signed on the title page by the author. First edition, first printing in fine, unread condition. Signed by Author(s).