Defining the world the extraordinary story of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary

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Main Author: Hitchings, Henry, 1974-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.
Edition:1st American ed.
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245 1 0 |a Defining the world :  |b the extraordinary story of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary /  |c Henry Hitchings. 
250 |a 1st American ed. 
260 |a New York :  |b Farrar, Straus and Giroux,  |c 2005. 
300 |a viii, 292 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 22 cm. 
500 |a "Originally published in 2005 by John Murray (Publishers) ... as Dr. Johnson's Dictionary: the extraordinary story of the book that defined the world"--T.p. verso. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-278) and index. 
505 0 |a Adventurous -- Amulet -- Apple -- Bookworm -- Commoner - Darkling -- To decamp -- To dissipate -- English -- Entrance -- Factotum -- To gather -- Higgledy-piggledy -- Lexicographer -- Library -- Melancholy -- Microscope -- Network -- Nicety -- To note -- Opinionist -- Opulence -- Pastern -- Patron -- Philology -- Pleasureful -- To preface -- Publication -- Reception -- Triumphant -- Ubiquity -- Variety -- Weightiness -- X -- Zootomy. 
600 1 0 |a Johnson, Samuel,  |d 1709-1784.  |t Dictionary of the English language. 
650 0 |a English language  |x Lexicography  |x History  |y 18th century. 
650 0 |a Encyclopedias and dictionaries  |x History and criticism. 
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