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Book Condition: Used Good
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About Item: Oxford at The Clarendon Press, 1973. BOOK: Previous Owner Markings (Name Neatly Inked to Front Free Endpaper); Repaired; Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Moderately Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Missing. EDITED BY: Jessie Coulson. CONTENTS: Preface; Pronunciation; Abbreviations Used in the Dictionary; The Little Oxford Dictionary of Current English; Addenda; Pronunciation of Difficult Proper Names. NOTE TO THE FOURTH EDITION, 1969: This fourth edition has been completely revised and reset. Words that have recently made good their claim to inclusion will be found in the Addenda. EXCERPT: PREFACE This work was originally based on the Pocket Oxford Dictionary edited by F. G. and H. W. Fowler and, like it, rests ultimately upon the authority of the great Oxford Dictionary (1884-1928) edited by J. A. H. Murray, Henry Bradley, W. A. Craigie, and C. T. Onions. The choice of words was in the main that of the Pocket… Read More
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