About this title: This dictionary, which is a companion volume to the "Oxford Dictionary of Quotations", brings together over 10,000 quotations, proverbs, and phrases, in an easy to use browsable format. Over 350 diverse themes have been chosen, with the aim of covering as broad a range of topics as possible, for example, actors and acting, animals, bores and boredom, elections, food and drink, kissing, madness, the past, schools, science, taxes, virtue, the weather, and youth. A selection of chronologically arranged quotations appears under each theme, supported wherever possible by interrelated proverbs and ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780198662297ISBN:0198662297
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Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780198662297ISBN:0198662297
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780198662297ISBN:0198662297
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780198662297ISBN:0198662297
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Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Edition: First Edition/First Printing
Binding: Half-Leather
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr, Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780198662297ISBN:0198662297
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First edition/printing book is tight with no markings, previous owners name on first page, board edges have some bumping and rubbing, dj has some rubbing, light soiling and edges have creasing and curling. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780198662297ISBN:0198662297
Description: Fine in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. "Well-chosen words from across the centuries are brought together in a unique combination in this new and highly browsable companion to the much loved OXFORD DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. Treasured quotations, proverbs, and phrases, from Biblical times to the present day, are arranged under the widest possible range of themes, making this book the ideal place to look for an apt or pithy expression on a particular subject. " This book has 694 pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 01/10/1997
ISBN-13:9780198662297ISBN:0198662297
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 01/10/1997
ISBN-13:9780198662297ISBN:0198662297
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780198662297ISBN:0198662297
Description: New in new dust jacket. Excellent New Hardcover print. Book is from Bookstore Inventory and has been Bookstore Displayed. Book might have Minor Shelfwear or a Remainder mark. NOTE Page edges show a Hint of Off color. ISBN # 0195057902. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 720 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: 1st Printing
Binding: Oversized Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford, England
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780198662297ISBN:0198662297
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