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Title: The Oxford Library of Words and Phrases

Description: FIRST EDITION THUS. THREE VOLUMES IN SLIPCASE. Quarter-leather with gilt title, gilt vignette, gilt decorative lineal border. Gilt title, gilt vignettes to spine. BOOK I. 'The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations' BOOK II. 'The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs' BOOK III. 'The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins' A very lovely set in excellent condition.

Publisher: Guild Publishing Co., London

Editor: John Simpson

Date Published: 1990

Binding: Quarter-leather in slipcase

Condition: Fine

Weight: 1812g

Reserve: $15.00

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