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Winchester Simon

The Surgeon of Crowthorne. Introduced by Will Self. With previously unpublished Watercolours [by the Author]. FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Folio Society, 2014

55.20 €

Island Books

(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
2014
Author
Winchester Simon
Publishers
Folio Society
Keyword
mstock, private press, folio society, simon winchester, william minor, oxford dictionary, s. winchester, folio society, surgeon, crowthorne
Languages
English

Description

8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and 12 pages of coloured and monochrome plates; decorative buckram, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. Elegant new edition of the astonishing story of William chester Minor, American Civil War surgeon turned lunatic, imprisoned in Broadmoor Asylum, who dedicated his entire cell-bound life to work on the English language. His considerable (and anonymous) contributions to the making of the OED resulted in his being unmasked by the Dictionary's editor James Murray.
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