Lot 1 , The Oxford English Dictionary, 12 vols, plus supplements,

The Oxford English Dictionary, 12 vols, plus supplements, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1930 reprinted, 1970-75, together with A Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary, 4 vols, Oxford 1972-86 (17)
Estimate £50-80


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