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Encyclopedias And Dictionaries History And Criticism
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All the knowledge in the world : the extraordinary history of the encyclopedia


Garfield, Simon, author.
New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers [2022] 2022

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Caught in the web of words : James A.H. Murray and the Oxford English dictionary


Murray, K. M. Elisabeth (Katherine Maud Elisabeth), 1909-1998.
New Haven : Yale University Press, 1977. 1977

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Chasing the sun : dictionary makers and the dictionaries they made


Green, Jonathon, 1948-
London : Jonathan Cape, 1996. 1996

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 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  413 G82    Check Shelf
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Defining the world : the extraordinary story of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary


Hitchings, Henry, 1974-
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005. 2005

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Dictionaries : the art and craft of lexicography


Landau, Sidney I.
New York : Scribner, [1984] 1984

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 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  413 L23    Check Shelf
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The dictionary people : the unsung heroes who created the Oxford English dictionary


Ogilvie, Sarah, author.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. 2023

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 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  031 BOYLES    Check Shelf
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The forgotten founding father : [Noah Webster's obsession and the creation of an American culture]


Kendall, Joshua C., 1960-
Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, [2011] 2011

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The forgotten founding father : [Noah Webster's obsession and the creation of an American culture]


Kendall, Joshua C., 1960-
New York, NY. : Putnam Adult, [2011] 2011

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Lost for words : the hidden history of the Oxford English dictionary


Mugglestone, Lynda.
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2005] 2005

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 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  423.09 MUGGLESTONE    Check Shelf
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Noah Webster and the American dictionary


Micklethwait, David.
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2000] 2000

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 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  B WEBSTER    Check Shelf
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The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dict


Winchester, Simon.
New York : HarperCollins Publishers, [1998] 1998

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The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dict


Winchester, Simon.
Thorndike, Me. : G.K. Hall, 1999. 1999

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The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dict


Winchester, Simon.
New York : HarperPerennial, [1999] 1999

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The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dict


Winchester, Simon.
New York : HarperPerennial, 2005. 2005

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Reading the OED : one man, one year, 21,730 pages


Shea, Ammon.
New York : Penguin Group, [2008] 2008

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 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  423.028 SHEA    Check Shelf
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Reading the OED : one man, one year, 21,730 pages


Shea, Ammon.
New York : Penguin Group, 2009. 2009

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Reading the OED : one man, one year, 21,730 pages


Shea, Ammon, author
[United States] : HarperAudio, 2008. 2008

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The story of ain't : America, its language, and the most controversial dictionary ever published


Skinner, David, 1973-
New York, NY : Harper, [2012] 2012

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The Story of Ain't : America, Its Language, and the Most Controversial Dictionary Ever Published


Skinner, David, 1973- author.
[Place of publication not identified] : HarperCollins, [2014] 2014

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Translation and transfer of knowledge in encyclopedic compilations, 1680-1830



Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2021. 2021

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Word by word : the secret life of dictionaries


Stamper, Kory, author.
New York : Pantheon Books, [2017] 2017

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