Lexicography
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By: Fatsis, Stefan
Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat To) the Modern Dictionary
$30.00HardcoverAdd to cartFrom the author of the New York Times bestseller Word Freak, a vibrant, lively, and illuminating journey through the exotic world of Merriam-Webster, dictionaries, and language, at a time of rapid-fir
- Author: Fatsis, Stefan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 0802165826
- Language: English
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By: Kenicer, Gregory
Scottish Plant Names: An A to Z
$24.99HardcoverRead moreDr Gregory Kenicer brings us a concise but through exploration of plants and their names in the Scots language through the ages. Presented as a dictionary, and covering a vast variety of flower, fungh… [more below]
- Author: Kenicer, Gregory
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: August 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1910877441
- Language: English
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By: Garner, Bryan A.
Hardly Harmless Drudgery: A 500-Year Pictorial History of the Lexicographic Geniuses, Sciolists, Plagiarists, and Obsessives Who Defined the Eng
$65.00HardcoverAdd to cart“A delight”–Booklist
A richly illustrated historical account of English-language dictionaries, and the people who made them, from the dawn of printing to the present day. Dictionaries are repositorie- Author: Garner, Bryan A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 520
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1567928072
- Language: English
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By: Garfield, Simon
All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia
$21.99PaperbackAdd to cartFrom the “deliriously clever” (Boston Globe) Simon Garfield, New York Times bestselling author of Just My Type, comes the wild and fascinating story of the encyclopedia, from Ancient Greece to the pre
- Author: Garfield, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0063292300
- Language: English
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By: Simon Garfield
All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia
$29.99HardcoverRead moreFrom the “deliriously clever” (Boston Globe) Simon Garfield, New York Times bestselling author of Just My Type, comes the wild and fascinating story of the encyclopedia, from Ancient Greece to the pre
- Author: Garfield, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 28, 2023
- ISBN10: 0063292270
- Language: English



