The spinoffs are also worthwhile, "The Professor and the Madman" is another great read. London: BCA, 1993.In slipcase with new user's guide. This volume comes in a slipcase with a magnifying glass and a new user's guide which explains the conventions of the OED. If you want word starting with X, Y and Z this is not for you. This volume comes in a slipcase with a magnifying glass and a new user's guide which explains the conventions of the OED. Please feel free to come and browse. Please try again. We use cookies to ensure that you have the best experience on our website. From the reviews of the Second Edition of The Oxford English Dictionary: To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

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This is all twenty volumes of the OED micrographed into one volume that weighs about 15 pounds. These items are shipped from and sold by different sellers. If however you have bad eyesight, like me, than a slightly more powerful magnifying glass will be a great boon to you. This one volume book has the entire contents of the twenty volume Oxford English. This item is not available for international delivery. The Compact is not an abridgement, but a direct photoreduction of the entire 20-volume set, with nine pages of the original on every nine-by-twelve page of the Compact (a magnifying glass comes with it). In the future, it is my intention to purchase the two volume Oxford English Historical Thesaurus, to enhance our family library. Something went wrong. View cart for details. JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser.

3 product ratings - The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary [2 Volume Set], 8 product ratings - Compact Edition of The Oxford English Dictionary New Edition - No Magnifier. Very good condition. my sight (at 52) is *not* great - i think i have 20 pairs of reading glasses around. but, once again, that is me.

The Compact is not an abridgement, but a direct photoreduction of the entire 20-volume set, with nine pages of the original on every nine-by-twelve page of the Compact (a magnifying glass … Ships from and sold by Ridgeline Books and Media. The boxed volume comes with a thin compartment in which there is a guide on how to use the dictionary, and a square magnifying glass with a built-in light. In this edition,four pages from the original work are "reproduced micrographically" to fit on a single page. A-O -- v. 2. I work from zooming in on the iPad photo of the map area I want, and navigate from the iPad. Got this as a gift for an English student and she loved it. I've wanted this literally for decades and was so happy to find a set in good condition at a very reasonable price.

© 2015. the old edition never bothered me. Very good condition. The Compact Edition of the OED reproduces micrographically, in a single volume, the complete text of the highly acclaimed Second Edition of The Oxford English Dictionary. 3, Proper words in their proper places--and a good many improper ones, too! This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. You can find out more about delivery and returns in our help section. Start browsing with our suggestions below. They provide a magnifying glass. The Compact edition of the Oxford English dictionary: complete text reproduced micrographically by Robert Burchfield.

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