The Surgeon of Crowthorne. A tale of murder, madness and the love of Words
By Simon Winchester.
Description
Fiction, Hardcover with dust jacket. Simon Winchester, Author. Contains black and white illustrations. The boards are cloth black with gilt lettering on the spine. Viking, Published by the Penguin Group, Penguin Books, ltd. First Published, 1998. Printed in Great Britain. Total 207 pages. Cream colored pages throughout the book. Approximate size, 5.25 x 8. Giftable condition. Only light shelfwear on the jacket."The making of the Oxford English Dictionary was a monumental fifty year task requiring the assistance of thousands of volunteers. One of the keenest was a certain W. C. Minor, w...
ISBN(s)
0670878626, 9780670878628
