The Oxford Library of Words and Phrases Boxed Set:"Vol 1: Concise Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins","Vol 2: Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs","Vol 3: Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations" - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198691661 ISBN 13: 9780198691662

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1988

Synopsis

A boxed set comprising "The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins" (for this set only, a retitling of "The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology" ed T.F.Hoad), "The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs" ed J.A.Simpson and "The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations".

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Review

Praise for the First Edition "Scholarly, meticulous, and authoritative"--The Washington Post Book World"A rich and absorbing collection....Simpson's introduction {is succinct and helpful...[and his] system of cross-referencing is exemplary"--The Times Literary SupplementFor the Second Edition: "The listing is aphabetical by key word, and the articles cite the various instances chronologically. Very well cross-referenced, and indexed topically." --Reference and Research Book News Praise for the First Edition: "Scholarly, meticulous, and authoritative"--The Washington Post Book World"A rich and absorbing collection....Simpson's introduction {is succinct and helpful...[and his] system of cross-referencing is exemplary"--The Times Literary SupplementFor the Second Edition: "The listing is aphabetical by key word, and the articles cite the various instances chronologically. Very well cross-referenced, and indexed topically." --Reference and Research Book News Praise for the First Edition: "Scholarly, meticulous, and authoritative"--The Washington Post Book World "A rich and absorbing collection....Simpson's introduction {is succinct and helpful...[and his] system of cross-referencing is exemplary"--The Times Literary Supplement For the Second Edition: "The listing is aphabetical by key word, and the articles cite the various instances chronologically. Very well cross-referenced, and indexed topically." --Reference and Research Book News Praise for the First Edition: "Scholarly, meticulous, and authoritative"--The Washington Post Book World"A rich and absorbing collection....Simpson's introduction {is succinct and helpful...[and his] system of cross-referencing is exemplary"--The Times Literary SupplementFor the Second Edition: "The listing is aphabetical by key word, and the articles cite the various instances chronologically. Very well cross-referenced, and indexed topically." --Reference and Research Book News Praise for the First Edition: "Scholarly, meticulous, and authoritative"--The Washington Post Book World "A rich and absorbing collection....Simpson's introduction {is succinct and helpful...[and his] system of cross-referencing is exemplary"--The Times Literary Supplement For the Second Edition: "The listing is aphabetical by key word, and the articles cite the various instances chronologically. Very well cross-referenced, and indexed topically." --Reference and Research Book News Praise for the First Edition: "Scholarly, meticulous, and authoritative"--The Washington Post Book World"A rich and absorbing collection....Simpson's introduction {is succinct and helpful...[and his] system of cross-referencing is exemplary"--The Times Literary SupplementFor the Second Edition: "The listing is aphabetical by key word, and the articles cite the various instances chronologically. Very well cross-referenced, and indexed topically." --Reference and Research Book News

About the Author

About the Editors John Simpson is Co-Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary. Jennifer Speake is editor of many reference works, including A Dictionary of the Renaissance.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198691661
• ISBN 13: 9780198691662
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 1320