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Fantastic value -- rivals the giant unabridged dictionaries
This is a fantastic value. Mine amazingly appears to be brand new. Seems to weigh around 3 or 4 pounds. It has several sections of color plates, with such things as antique aircraft, flowers, state flags, anatomy, fish, trees, wild flowers, lichens, solar system, sponges, worms, etc. But I bought it because of the comprehensive dictionary content including thorough etymology of each word. I owned a smaller ancestor of this one published decades ago and enjoyed the word origins given, which is why I sought out and bought this more comprehensive version. It has comprehensive word origin and pronunciation information, but like most dictionaries, does not use the international phonetic alphabet. Read full review
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Is the content compelling? It's a dictionary.
We both remember in high school the dictionary had its own stand in the library. This copy is great the older edition seems to have a lot up information. The dictionary at our City Library is quite a bit smaller.Read full review
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Good ole dictionary!
It's my second one exactly like this. A really great dictionary to put near your desk.
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: pre-owned • Sold by: greatpricesyep