The Compact Oxford English Dictionary

by E.S.C. Weiner and John Andrew Simpson

When the twenty-volume Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, appeared years ago, the public response was extraordinary. The AP and UPI announced publication over their newswires. Time and Newsweek ran full-page articles. The New Yorker published an extensive essay. Virtually every major paper in American and in Great Britain covered the event. And from every corner, the praise was lavish. Time called it "a scholarly Everest." Newsweek, "a celebration...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198612583
• ISBN13: 9780198612582
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 2424 Pages
• Weight: 8.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 3.6" x 11.0" x 18.0"