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Murdoch Iris:
The Bell.
Penguin Books Ltd Harmondsworth Middlesex 1971. Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1971. unknown
Référence libraire : 272059
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Murdoch Iris:
The Italian Girl.
Penguin Books Ltd Harmondsworth Middlesex 1971. Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1971. unknown
Référence libraire : 272063
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MURDOCH, Iris
En Uoffisiell Rose
Roman. Translated into Norwegian by Inger-Sophie Manthey. Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, Oslo, 1963; 279pp (unopened); publ. paper wrappers; extremities showing sl.signs of wear, otherwise in good condition with crisp contents. *FIRST NORWEGIAN EDITION Used
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MURDOCH, Iris
Sandslottet
This edition of "The Sandcastle" translated into Danish by Michael Tjen. Cover illustration by Svend Otto; 305pp (unopened); publ. paper wrappers; base edge v.sl.bumped, Marks and wear to extremities, otherwise in very good condition. *FIRST DANISH EDITION
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Mure Pierre La
Moulin Rouge; Der Lebensroman Des Malers Toulouse-Lautrec
Im Bertelsmann - Lesering 1955. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Im Bertelsmann - Lesering Hardcover
Référence libraire : 034331
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Muret E.:
Langenscheidts Notw�rterb�cher Teil II: Deutsch-Englisch f�r Reise Lekt�re und Konversation. 29.-35. Tausend / Teil II von von 4 Teilen
Langenscheidtsche Verlagsbuchhandlung Berlin 1900. Langenscheidtsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin, 1900. unknown
Référence libraire : 245894
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Muret Prof. Dr. E. compiler
POCKET-DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH AND GERMAN LANGUAGES : LANGENSCHEIDTS TASCHEN-WURTEBUCHER ENGLISCH
Berlin: May not be noted. Good with no dust jacket. N.D. Hardcover. We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; 16mo; No date but circa 1875 front hinge tender and spine strip missing. . May not be noted. hardcover
Référence libraire : 13582
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Muret:
Langenscheidts Taschenw�rterbuch I Englisch/Deutsch.
Langenscheidt Berlin 1902. Langenscheidt Berlin, 1902. unknown
Référence libraire : 143960
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Muret:
Noveau Dictionnaire Francais Allemand et Allemand Francais
Editions Litterature Bale Jahr. Editions Litterature Bale, Jahr. unknown
Référence libraire : 144022
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Murgatroyd Paul
OVID WITH LOVE Selections from Ars Amatoria Books I and II. Oxford Text Commentary Vocabulary Introduction.
Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. Very Good. 1982. Softcover. 0865160155 . Former owner's blindstamp on ffep. Light shelfwear. ; Oxford Text Commentary Vocabulary Introduction. ; 9.25 x 0.75 x 6.25 Inches; 228 pages . Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers paperback
Référence libraire : 30216 ISBN : 0865160155 9780865160156
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Murger Henry:
Sc�nes de La Vie de Boh�me. Illustrations de Paul Destez. Nouvelle Collection illustr�e.
Calmann-L�vy �diteurs Paris 1909. Calmann-L�vy, �diteurs, Paris, 1909. unknown
Référence libraire : 270360
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Murger, Henry
Les Vacances De Camille: Scenes De La Vie Reelle
French language half - bound hardcover without jacket; marbled boards are scuffed, with a few small abrasions. Edges are worn, with much cover loss. Leading corners are bent, split and fraying. Spine ends are worn and scuffed. Scuffing incurring cover loss at leading corners, spine sides, and to a lesser extent on spine body. Lettering plate on spine is partially chipped away. Page block head is slightly marked. Pastedowns, endpapers and abstract pages are lightly tanned, with a few age - related stains. Stain on title page, which has been reinforced at leading edge. Dark mark on lower leading corners of p.1 - 7. Several pages have minor loss at edges or leading corners, but no text is obscured. Pages are sound, and all content is clear. TS Used
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Murguía, Adolfo
Interpretation Und Wirklichkeit: Zu Einigen Kategorien Der Moderne
Pen mark on front cover, otherwise only minor shelfwear, contents clean and sound. Previously the property of Sir Isaiah Berlin; signed and dedicated to same by the author on first page. Used
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Muriel Barbery
L'elegance du herisson
Gallimard 2006. Couverture souple. Assez bon. <br/> <br/> Gallimard unknown
Référence libraire : 000651 ISBN : 2070780937 9782070780938
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Muriel Saville troike
The Ethnography of Communication: An Introduction Language in Society
Wiley-Blackwell 1982. First Edition. Paperback. Used; Good. Edition: First Edition. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #1942423</p> Wiley-Blackwell paperback
Référence libraire : 1942423 ISBN : 0631127259 9780631127253
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Muriel, Andres
Biblioteca De Autores Espanoles, Tomo 114; Historia De Carlos IV, Tomo I
Hardcover. No jacket. Ex - library. Text is in Spanish. Marks and scores on boards. Leading corners, edges and spine are worn and bumped. Spine ends are nicked. Shelflabels on spine. Upper leading corners are split. Embossed stamps on FEP on title page. Library label and stamp on BEP. A few marks in the volume. Hinge is cracked on front pastedown. Binding remains intact, contents are clear. AM Ex - Library
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Muriel, Andres; Serrano, Carlos Seco (ed.)
Biblioteca de Autores Espanoles; Vol. 115: Historia De Carlos IV; Tomo 2
Ex - library journal in quater - leather library binding. No dust jacket. Text is in Spanish. Scuffed and faded spine with rubbed ends. Leading corners of boards are bumped and rubbed. Blind embossed library stamps on FEP and title page. Library plate residue and bookseller's stamp on BEP. Front and rear paper hinges begining to split with one inch - long tears at spine foot. Text is clear throughout, binding remains intact. T Ex - Library
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Murillo L. A. Luis Andres 1922
The Golden Dial. Temporal Configuration in Don Quijote
<p>Dolphin Book Co. Oxford 1975. Hard Cover. 178 p. index; 22 cm. "The author traces the entire course of temporal elements in the advantures of Don Quijote and Sancho including the 'interpolated tales' as a binary movement incorporating fictions within fictions." Bibliography pp. 171-173. Dj lamination showing small creases; minor wear a few light pencil markings; VG. stock#45352.</p> Dolphin Book Co. hardcover
Référence libraire : 45352 ISBN : 0852150520 9780852150528
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Murken, Prof. Dr. med. Axel Hinrich
Historia Hospitalum: Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Krankenhausgeschichte: Heft 21: 1998 - 1999
Softcover. German language. Covers are a little worn, with several light surface scratches and indentations. Spine ends and leading corners are a little worn and rubbed. One or two small grubby marks on page block foot. Binding is sound and pages are tight throughout. Contents are clear. AF Used
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Murnaghan Sheila
DISGUISE AND RECOGNITION IN THE ODYSSEY
Princeton University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0691067163 . Minor foxing to textblock. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover G. P. Goold. DJ has 1 small tear. ; Contents: Recognition and the Return of Odysseus; Odysseus and the Suitors; Recognition and Hospitality; Penelope; Recognition and Song. ; 0.75 x 9 x 6 Inches; 197 pages . Princeton University Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 30661 ISBN : 0691067163 9780691067162
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Murnaghan Sheila
DISGUISE AND RECOGNITION IN THE ODYSSEY
Princeton University Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0691067163 . Very light edgewear to DJ. ; Contents: Recognition and the Return of Odysseus; Odysseus and the Suitors; Recognition and Hospitality; Penelope; Recognition and Song. ; 0.75 x 9 x 6 Inches; 197 pages . Princeton University Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 6656 ISBN : 0691067163 9780691067162
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Murphy Ben
Pensez Grand : Vous Aussi Vous Avez Droit Au Bonheur et a la Richesse
Outremont PQ Canada: Editions Quebecor 2001. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" Tall. Couverture Broch� Grand Format. Texte francais Puisque vous tenez ce livre entre vos mains vous Pouvez des maintenant commencer a etre maitre de toutes les situations auxquelles vous faites face a condition bien sur d'avoir confiance en vous et d'arborer une attitude positive. Surtout retenez que la credibilite d'une personne et par consequent son succes ses victoires et ses performances sont etroitement lies au pouvoir qu'elle exerce sur sa vie et a l'influence qu'elle a sur autrui. Vous verrez au fil des pages de cet ouvrage comment la force de persuasion la seduction l'influence et le pouvoir fonctionnent entre les gens du meme sexe ou de sexe oppose. De plus vous apprendrez comment acquerir ce potentiel pour avoir desormais le droit e penser grand et surtout pour agir de facon a atteindre vos buts et a concretiser vos reves. <br/> <br/> Editions Quebecor paperback
Référence libraire : 108812 ISBN : 2764004699 9782764004692
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Murphy James J. ed
Rhetorica: A Journal of the History of Rhetoric vol. 1 no. 1 Spring 1983
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press 1983. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 108 pp. Binding is tight with light rubbing on cover. Text is tight clean and unmarked University of California Press paperback
Référence libraire : 244011
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Murphy James J. ed
Rhetorica: A Journal of the History of Rhetoric vol. 4 no. 1 Winter 1986
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press 1986. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 85 pp. Binding is tight with light rubbing on cover. Text is tight clean and unmarked University of California Press paperback
Référence libraire : 244041
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Murphy James J. ed
Rhetorica: A Journal of the History of Rhetoric vol. 4 no. 2 Spring 1986
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press 1986. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Pp. 87-193. Binding is tight with light rubbing on cover. Text is tight clean and unmarked University of California Press paperback
Référence libraire : 244042
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Murphy James J. ed
Rhetorica: A Journal of the History of Rhetoric vol. 4 no. 3 Summer 1986
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press 1986. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Pp. 195-301. Binding is tight with light rubbing on cover. Text is tight clean and unmarked University of California Press paperback
Référence libraire : 244043
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Murphy James J. ed
Rhetorica: A Journal of the History of Rhetoric vol. 4 no. 4 Autumn 1986
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press 1986. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Pp. 303-425. Binding is tight with light rubbing on cover. Text is tight clean and unmarked University of California Press paperback
Référence libraire : 244044
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Murphy James J. ed
Rhetorica: A Journal of the History of Rhetoric vol. 3 no. 3 Summer 1985
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press 1985. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Pp. 155-231. Binding is tight with light rubbing on cover. Text is tight clean and unmarked University of California Press paperback
Référence libraire : 244033
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Murphy James J. ed
Rhetorica: A Journal of the History of Rhetoric vol. 3 no. 4 Autumn 1985
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press 1985. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Pp. 233-99. Binding is tight with light rubbing on cover. Text is tight clean and unmarked University of California Press paperback
Référence libraire : 244034
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Murphy James J. ed
Rhetorica: A Journal of the History of Rhetoric vol. 2 no. 2 Summer 1984
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press 1984. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Pp. 103-204. Binding is tight with light rubbing on cover. Text is tight clean and unmarked University of California Press paperback
Référence libraire : 244022
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Murphy James J. ed
Rhetorica: A Journal of the History of Rhetoric vol. 5 no. 1 Winter 1987
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press 1987. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 123 pp. Binding is tight with light rubbing on cover. Text is tight clean and unmarked University of California Press paperback
Référence libraire : 244051
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Murphy James J. ed
Rhetorica: A Journal of the History of Rhetoric vol. 1 no. 2 Autumn 1983
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press 1983. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 114 pp. Binding is tight with light rubbing on cover. Text is tight clean and unmarked University of California Press paperback
Référence libraire : 244012
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Murphy James J. ed
Rhetorica: A Journal of the History of Rhetoric vol. 5 no. 2 Spring 1987
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press 1987. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Pp. 125-210. Binding is tight with light rubbing on cover. Text is tight clean and unmarked University of California Press paperback
Référence libraire : 244052
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Murphy James J. ed
Rhetorica: A Journal of the History of Rhetoric vol. 5 no. 3 Summer 1987
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press 1987. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Pp. 211-314. Binding is tight with light rubbing on cover. Text is tight clean and unmarked University of California Press paperback
Référence libraire : 244053
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Murphy James J. ed
Rhetorica: A Journal of the History of Rhetoric vol. 5 no. 4 Autumn 1987
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press 1987. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Pp. 317-429. Binding is tight with light rubbing on cover. Text is tight clean and unmarked University of California Press paperback
Référence libraire : 244054
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Murphy Joseph
Ma�trisez votre destin par l'esprit
Paris France: Freance Loisirs 1989. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 in- 9 in Tall. Couverture rigide texte francais. �tat d'usage: comme neuf. <br/> <br/> Freance Loisirs hardcover
Référence libraire : 131245 ISBN : 2724243897 9782724243895
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Murphy Marcy; Johns Claude J.
Handbook of Library Regulations
New York and Basel: Marcel Dekker 1977. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 162 pp. Binding is tight with moderate rubbing and edgewear on cover. Library marks include call number label covered by clear tape library identifiers and labels on front endpaper and library name stamped on top and bottom edges. Text is otherwise tight clean and unmarked Marcel Dekker hardcover
Référence libraire : 449212 ISBN : 0824764986 9780824764982
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Murphy Mary Ann ua. u. a.
Notes on Women's Liberation: We Speak in Many Voices
1970. First Edition Detroit News & Letters 1970 8° 86 S. mit s/w-Abb. und Illustr. Text: englisch original Kartonage geheftet schönes sauberes Exemplar K68 Should your order's weight exceed 1kg we shall need to message you to recalculate the shipping cost. = Sollte Ihre Bestellung mehr als 1k wiegen müssten die Portokosten angepasst werden Sie bekämen vorab eine Anfrage per Email. unknown
Référence libraire : 21592AB
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Murphy James J
Rhetoric in the Middle Ages: A History of Rhetorical Theory from Saint Augustine to the Renaissance
University of California Press 1974 409 pages 23 2x3x15 4cm. 1974. Cartonné jaquette. 409 pages.
Référence libraire : 100124656
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Murphy Paul I. Arlington Rene
La Popessa
Editions Lacombe 1987. Paperback. Very Good. Couverture Souple Texte Francais. �tat D'usage: Tr�s Bon �tat. La Popessa: Derri�re Pie Xii La Femme La Plus Influente De L'Histoire Du Vatican Est La Biographie De Jos�phine Lehnert N�e Le 25 Ao�t 1894 En Bavi�re Allemagne Et D�c�d�e Le 13 Novembre 1983. Elle Quitta Le Domicile Familial � 15 Ans Pour Rejoindre L'ordre Des Sours Enseignantes De La Sainte-Croix Dans La R�gion De Munich. Lorsqu'elle Pronon�a Ses Voux Elle Re�ut Le Nom De Pascalina. Pendant Quarante Ans Elle Partagea L'intimit� D'eugenio Pacelli - Qui Acc�da Au Tr�ne De Saint-Pierre Sous Le Nom De Pie Xii - Et V�cut Dans Son Ombre Jusqu'a Sa Mort. A La Fois M�re Gouvernante Confidente �minence Grise Et Cerb�re Inflexible Du Souverain Pontife Elle Exer�a Un Pouvoir Sur La Direction De L'�glise Que Nulle Femme Avant Ou Apr�s Elle Ne Poss�da Jamais. <br/> <br/> Editions Lacombe paperback
Référence libraire : 131497 ISBN : 2867050863 9782867050862
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Murphy Paul I. Arlington Rene
La Popessa
Editions Lacombe 1987. Paperback. Very Good. Couverture Souple Texte Francais. �tat D'usage: Tr�s Bon �tat. La Popessa: Derri�re Pie Xii La Femme La Plus Influente De L'Histoire Du Vatican Est La Biographie De Jos�phine Lehnert N�e Le 25 Ao�t 1894 En Bavi�re Allemagne Et D�c�d�e Le 13 Novembre 1983. Elle Quitta Le Domicile Familial � 15 Ans Pour Rejoindre L'ordre Des Sours Enseignantes De La Sainte-Croix Dans La R�gion De Munich. Lorsqu'elle Pronon�a Ses Voux Elle Re�ut Le Nom De Pascalina. Pendant Quarante Ans Elle Partagea L'intimit� D'eugenio Pacelli - Qui Acc�da Au Tr�ne De Saint-Pierre Sous Le Nom De Pie Xii - Et V�cut Dans Son Ombre Jusqu'a Sa Mort. A La Fois M�re Gouvernante Confidente �minence Grise Et Cerb�re Inflexible Du Souverain Pontife Elle Exer�a Un Pouvoir Sur La Direction De L'�glise Que Nulle Femme Avant Ou Apr�s Elle Ne Poss�da Jamais. <br/> <br/> Editions Lacombe paperback
Référence libraire : 117440 ISBN : 2867050863 9782867050862
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Murray Andrew
Bleibe in Jesu : Gedanken ueber das selige Leben der Gemeinschaft mit dem Sohne Gottes
Basel: Jaeger & Kober 1897. Near Very Good condition. A little wear to spine ends and corners. Inner hinges are starting to crack. NOT a library discard. Previous owner's name and brief gift note. Text is clean. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Hardcover. Bound in the original blue cloth attractively decorated in black and gold. . Achte Auflage. Hardcover. Near Very Good condition. 206pp. Jaeger & Kober Hardcover
Référence libraire : 015930
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Murray David
Forked Tongues. Speech Writing & Representation in North American Indian Texts
Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 1991 First printing in trade paperback. 181 pp. Bibliography index. Fine unopened copy. Book. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. paperback
Référence libraire : 20806 ISBN : 0253206502 9780253206503
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Murray Donald M
Ccrafting A Life in Essays Story Poem
Heinemann. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1996. First Edition. Softcover. 0867094036 . A tight SIGNED copy - inscribed and signed on half title page. Solidly bound this copy has edge stains that weeped onto pages extremeties staing pages at the foot and outside edge.; Signed by Author . Heinemann paperback
Référence libraire : 16920 ISBN : 0867094036 9780867094039
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Murray Giles
Breaking into Japanese Literature: Seven Modern Classics in Parallel Text.
New York Kodansha 2003 paperback. Softcover with dust jacket. Condition: near fine. ISBN 4770028997 Kodansha paperback
Référence libraire : 31871 ISBN : 4770028997 9784770028990
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Murray Gilbert
Five Stages of Greek Religion
Oxford: Oxford University Press 1925. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Studies based on a Course of Lectures delivered in April 1912 at Columbia University. Oxford University Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 031961
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Murray Gilbert & Jean Smith and Arnold Toynbee. Eds.
GILBERT MURRAY: AN UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY With Contributions by His Friends.
George Allen & Unwin. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1960. Hardcover. Former owner's bookplate on inner cover. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear with a couple of tiny chips. ; Biography of the classicist Gilbert Murray; 225 pages . George Allen & Unwin hardcover
Référence libraire : 6099
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Murray Gilbert
The Classical Tradition in Poetry
London: Vintage 1957 A survey of the influence of Greek classical poetis metres and literary forms on English literature . Produced for the Charles Eliot Norton lectures on poetry at Harvard first published in 1927. 229p x p index. Crisp tight copy in neat wraps. An original vintage copy NOT one you have to wait to get printed. 2nd Ed. Soft Cover. Very Good. Vintage paperback
Référence libraire : 25712
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Murray James Augustus Henry Sir 1837 1915 Frederick James Furnivall 1825 1910 Thomas Watts H. Wedgewood James Platt 1861 19
The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary : Complete Text Reproduced Micrographically.
Oxford England ; New York : Oxford University Press 1971 1975. 1975. Very Good. 11th printing ; of the 1971 edition ; 2 large thick very heavy volumes in blue with designs and lettering in gold ; xii 4116 pp. ; 31 cm. ; LCCN: 76-188038 ; OCLC: 21685724 ; "Micrographic reproduction of the 13 volume Oxford English dictionary published in 1933./ "This reissue of A new English dictionary on historical principles as The Oxford English dictionary in twelve volumes is a reprint of the original ten-volume work. An additional volume comprises a supplement"--P. v./ Includes bibliographical references v. 2 pp. 4094-4116." ; v. 1. A-O -- v. 2. P-Z. Supplement and bibliography ; soiling to bottom of textblock from shelf ; crease to first signature volumes 1 & 2 ; covers tight with little wear ; a good set without the slipcase and magnifying glass ; exhaustive ; 9 1/4 inches x 12 1/4 inches x 6 inches ; "The aim of this dictionary is to present in alphabetical series the words that have formed the English vocabulary from the time of the earliest records down to th e present day with all the relevant facts concerning their form sense-history pronunciation and etymology. It embraces not only the standard language of literature and conversation whether current at the moment or obsolete or archaic but al so the main technical vocabulary and a large measure of dialectical usage and slang. Its basis is a collection of some five millions of excerpts from English literature of every period amassed by an army of voluntary readers and the editorial staff. Such a collection of evidence--it is represented by a selection of 1800000 quotations actually printed--could form the only possible foundation for the historical treatment of every word and idiom which is the raison d'être of the work." ; VG VG Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1971, 1975. unknown
Référence libraire : 4825
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Murray James Augustus Henry Sir 1837 1915 Frederick James Furnivall 1825 1910 Thomas Watts H. Wedgewood James Platt 1861 19
The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary : Complete Text Reproduced Micrographically.
Oxford England ; New York : Oxford University Press 1971 1981. 1981. Very Good. 20th printing ; of the 1971 edition ; 2 large thick very heavy volumes in blue with designs and lettering in gold ; xii 4116 pp. ; 31 cm. ; LCCN: 76-188038 ; OCLC: 21685724 ; "Micrographic reproduction of the 13 volume Oxford English dictionary published in 1933./ "This reissue of A new English dictionary on historical principles as The Oxford English dictionary in twelve volumes is a reprint of the original ten-volume work. An additional volume comprises a supplement"--P. v./ Includes bibliographical references v. 2 pp. 4094-4116." ; v. 1. A-O -- v. 2. P-Z. Supplement and bibliography ; soiling to bottom of textblock from shelf ; crease to first signature volumes 1 & 2 ; covers tight with little wear ; vol. 2 has corner and edge bumps; a good set without the slipcase and magnifying glass ; exhaustive ; 9 1/4 inches x 12 1/4 inches x 6 inches ; "The aim of this dictionary is to present in alphabetical series the words that have formed the English vocabulary from the time of the earliest records down to the present day with all the relevant facts concerning their form sense-history pronunciation and etymology. It embraces not only the standard language of literature and conversation whether current at the moment or obsolete or archaic but also the main technical vocabulary and a large measure of dialectical usage and slang. Its basis is a collection of some five millions of excerpts from English literature of every period amassed by an army of voluntary readers and the editorial staff. Such a collection of evidence--it is represented by a selection of 1800000 quotations actually printed--could form the only possible foundation for the historical treatment of every word and idiom which is the raison d'être of the work." ; VGVG Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1971, 1981. unknown
Référence libraire : 4826
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