SKEAT, Rev. Walter W. - An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language

SKEAT, Rev. Walter W.

An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1882. First Edition. 3/4 dark green leather over marbled boards. Five raised bands and gilt tooling to spine. Marbled endpapers. Together with the scarce "Supplement to the First Edition" published two years later in 1884 in like binding, bringing the total number of pages to 846 (from 799). Wear to extremities and corners but otherwise a sound set, with only a few scholar's notes in pencil to the Introductory material and first few pages. [#600021] SOLD

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