[OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY.] A New English Dictionary on historical Principles. Edited by James A.H. Murray. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1888-1928.
20 volumes, 8o. Contemporary three-quarter blue morocco, spines gilt (evenly faded to a dark brown).
FIRST EDITION. "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." PMM 371. (20)
[OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY.] A New English Dictionary on historical Principles. Edited by James A.H. Murray. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1888-1928.
20 volumes, 8o. Contemporary three-quarter blue morocco, spines gilt (evenly faded to a dark brown).
FIRST EDITION. "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." PMM 371. (20)
