A NEW ENGLISH DICTIONARY ON HISTORICAL PRINCIPLES - OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, CLARENDON PRESS

A MULTI-VOLUME SET OF A NEW ENGLISH DICTIONARY ON HISTORICAL PRINCIPLES, EDITED BY SIR JAMES A. H. MURRAY, HENRY BRADLEY, W. A. CRAIGIE AND C. T. ONIONS, PUBLISHED BY OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. THE SET COMPRISES LEATHER-BOUND ORIGINAL VOLUMES WITH GILT-LETTERED SPINES, TOGETHER WITH LATER CLOTH-BOUND SUPPLEMENT VOLUMES IN DUST JACKETS.

OVERVIEW:
THE ORIGINAL VOLUMES ARE BOUND IN DARK RED LEATHER WITH RAISED BANDS AND GILT TITLING TO THE SPINES. TITLE PAGES CONFIRM PUBLICATION BY THE CLARENDON PRESS, OXFORD, WITH DATES VISIBLE INCLUDING 1901 (VOLUME IV, F AND G) AND 1919 (VOLUME IX, PART I, SI-ST). THE VOLUMES ARE EDITED BY DR. JAMES A. H. MURRAY WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY HENRY BRADLEY, W. A. CRAIGIE AND C. T. ONIONS. THE SET IS ACCOMPANIED BY SUPPLEMENT VOLUMES PUBLISHED BY OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS IN BLUE CLOTH BINDINGS WITH DUST JACKETS.

VOLUMES IDENTIFIED FROM SPINE LETTERING:
* VOL. I - A-B
* VOL. II - C
* VOL. III - D-E
* VOL. IV - F-G
* VOL. V - H-K
* VOL. VI - L
* VOL. VI - M-N
* VOL. VII - O-PF
* VOL. VII - PH-PY
* VOL. VIII - Q-R
* VOL. VIII - S-SH
* VOL. IX - SI-ST
* VOL. IX - SU-TH
* VOL. X - TI-U
* VOL. X - V-Z

* A SUPPLEMENT TO THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY - VOLUME I, A-G
* A SUPPLEMENT TO THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY - VOLUME II, H-N
* A SUPPLEMENT TO THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY - VOLUME III, O-SCZ

CONDITION NOTES:
THE LEATHER-BOUND ORIGINAL VOLUMES EXHIBIT WIDESPREAD WEAR CONSISTENT WITH AGE AND USE. LEATHER LOSSES ARE PRESENT AT THE HEAD AND TAIL OF SPINES AND AT CORNERS ACROSS THE SET, WITH EXPOSED BOARD VISIBLE AT THESE POINTS. THE LEATHER SURFACES SHOW SCUFFING, ABRASION AND AREAS OF COLOUR LOSS. GILT SPINE LETTERING REMAINS LEGIBLE THROUGHOUT. PAGE EDGES ARE TONED. INTERNAL PAGES SHOW LEGIBLE TEXT IN CLEAN CONDITION. DECORATIVE MARBLED ENDPAPERS ARE VISIBLE ON AT LEAST ONE VOLUME. THE LATER SUPPLEMENT VOLUMES IN BLUE DUST JACKETS SHOW GENERAL SHELF WEAR, SCUFFING AND MINOR EDGE WEAR TO THE JACKETS.

SPECIFICATIONS:
* PUBLISHER: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, CLARENDON PRESS
* EDITORS: SIR JAMES A. H. MURRAY, HENRY BRADLEY, W. A. CRAIGIE, C. T. ONIONS
* BINDING (ORIGINAL VOLUMES): LEATHER-BOUND BOARDS WITH GILT LETTERING AND RAISED BANDS
* BINDING (SUPPLEMENT VOLUMES): CLOTH BOARDS WITH DUST JACKETS
* LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

Item Size: Height: 70cm, Width: 120cm, Depth: 120cm, Weight: 80Kg

Edwardian (1901-1910); Early 20Th Century, Circa 1888-1933 (Original Volumes), With Later Supplement Volumes; English; Oxford University Press, Clarendon Press; Title Page Reads: 'Oxford: At The Clarendon Press. 1919.' For Volume Ix Part I; Leather-Bound Boards With Gilt Lettering; The Leather-Bound Original Volumes Show Widespread Wear To Spine Ends And Corners With Leather Losses And Exposed Board At Head And Tail Of Spines And At Corners. Gilt Lettering On Spines Remains Legible Across All Vo

Condition: Fair

223973+1

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