Author: Merriam-Webster Inc. / Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. Editors
Title: Webster’s Third New International Dictionary
Publisher: Merriam-Webster Inc. / Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc.
Year: 1986 print and copyright (a deluxe re-print from the principal copyright 1961)
ISBN: 0852295030
Format: Hardcover
Condition: Like New
Weight: 6566g (3 volumes)
Dimensions: 24x32.5x4cm (per volume)
Clean interiors, firm bindings, no shelf wear. Minor white paint mark on bottom edge of one volume from shelf (image 3) but this can be removed with care.
Part I: ~6,000 of the most commonly used English words with their closest equivalents in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, and Yiddish
Part II: Reverses the format with translations from each of those six languages back into English, including grammar sections for each language.
Volume III includes the Britannica World Language Dictionary, a unique two-part resource.
This handsome, comprehensive set is a genuine Merriam-Webster edition, widely respected for its authority and durability. It is a 3-volume unabridged edition of Webster’s Third New International Dictionary of the English Language and features an added multilingual supplement in collaboration with Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. This is a substantial reference work and belongs in any serious library or as a valuable collector's set. At the same time, it is a real delight to discover new terms, concepts and words just by flipping to any random page!
Printed on high-quality leatherette hardcover, with gold stamping and acid-free paper, this is a superb reference for scholars, linguists, language enthusiasts, polyglots, and collectors alike. The condition is excellent and the Smyth sewn binding is impeccable. This is one of the last comprehensive pre-digital English dictionaries, built before algorithmic truncation changed how we define language.
