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Cambridge University Press, 1988. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions.

Cambridge University Press, 4/29/1988. Paperback. Good. Good Condition and Unread! Text is clean and unmarked! Cover is discolored from storage. Has a small black line or red dot on bottom/exterior edge of pages.

Cambridge University Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Cambridge University Press. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Cambridge University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Cambridge University Press, 1986. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Cambridge University Press, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Cambridge University Press, 1988. Paperback. Very Good. some handling wear to covers but clean and tight.

Cambridge University Press, 1986. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1986. First Edition. 230 pages. White dust jacket with black lettering over black cloth. Clean pages with firm binding. Minimal tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners. Unclipped dust jacket. Mild wear to edges and corners. Notable tanning and soiling to DJ.

22-1: Cambridge University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1988. Paperback.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, c1986. Hardcover. Very good condition/good. 230pp. 26 cm.

Cambridge University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover. 052130637X . ix + 230pp, ilustrated, exlib, no ffep, but nice clean copy ; 9.80 X 7 X 0.90 inches .

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press. 1988, ix, 230pp. Paperback. In good condition. Worlds of Reference is a history of dictionaries, encyclopedias and reference materials, but it is also far more than that, because it is concerned with the growth of civilisation, education and culture - and particularly how the human race learned to store information beyond the brain. It looks at how our species moved from being able to communicate only orally and to store information only in the head (rote memorisation) to the evolution of technologies for external reference clay- and cunieform, reed-and-hieroglyph, bamboo-and-ideogram, parchment-and-alphabet, codices, books, pages, columns and so forth through the print revolution to the current electronic revolution. Along the way it looks at how this has affected languages like Latin, french, and English and people's attitudes to those languages - and to words and the listing of information about words. This intensely human subject is as… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 1986. LEINEN, Format Lex. 8°, 230 Seiten, dies ist ein regulär ausgesondertes Bibliotheksexemplar aus einer wissenschaftlichen Bibliothek, keine Markierungen/Anmerkungen, das Buch befindet sich in einem sehr guten Zustand --- Lib. Ex., no marks, LINEN BINDING, 230 pages, the book is in a very good condition

Cambridge: University Press, 1986. First edition, review copy, with publisher's slip laid in; 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 230; illustrations throughout; fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Worlds of Reference is a history of dictionaries, encyclopedias and reference materials, but it is also far more than that, because it is concerned with the growth of civilisation, education and culture - and particularly how the human

Paperback / softback. New. Worlds of Reference is a history of dictionaries, encyclopedias and reference materials, but it is also far more than that, because it is concerned with the growth of civilisation, education and culture - and particularly how the human race learned to store information beyond the brain.

Cambridge University Press. paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!