Howatson Margaret Drabble Wolfgang Mieder (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8-volumes, including The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, The Oxford Companion to American Literature, The Oxford Thesaurus (American Edition), The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (Second Edition), The Oxford Companion to English Literature, A Dictionary of American Proverbs, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English (Ninth Edition). Uniformly bound in full leather with raised bands and gilt decoration, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, satin ribbon bookmarks. Covers show minor rubbing to the extremities and some dulled/rubbed gilt. Bookplate of former owner in the prelims of each volume. A used set in overall very good condition.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. All 9 volumes Very Good+, Leather Bound. Book accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Label on spine peeling on "The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations". Scratching on gilded text block edges of "The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English". ; Collector's Edition.