The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (Oxford Reference S.)

by Angela Partington (Editor)

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  Paperback
  1995

  $3.31

• Used

  Paperback
  1981

  $3.31

  The new edition of The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, drawn from the third edition of the best-selling Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, is a collection of 5800 well-known quotations by 1100 authors. Ranging in time from the eighth century BC to the 1970s and in space from Russia to South Africa, it provides excellent browsing among a varied company of authors and includes a generous index to guide the reader to a particular quote or selection of quotes.

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  Hardcover
  1993

  $3.31

  Freshly selected from the acclaimed Fourth edition of The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations , this most entertaining of dictionaries offers 9,000 famous (or infamous) bons mots from 1,900 authors - ranging from ancient times to the 1990s Containing 1,500 more quotations than ever before, the COD Quotations lists entries alphabetically by author and includes further new quotations not found in its parent work, including Bill Clinton, Paul Keating, Frank Bruno, and John Major. 1990s. This book is intended for readers, writers, speechmakers, crossword solvers and literature students; gift market.