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| Store | Condition | Coupons & Deals | Price | Shipping | Total | |
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| Knetbooks Short Term Rental (60 days, due 12/19/2026) |
Short Term Rental (60 days, due 12/19/2026) |
$178.20 as of Oct 20, 2026, 2:15 AM ET |
at checkout | |||
| eCampus (Marketplace) Used (Marketplace) |
Used (Marketplace) |
$174.80 as of Oct 20, 2026, 2:15 AM ET |
$3.97 | |||
| eCampus Short Term Rental (60 days, due 12/19/2026) |
Short Term Rental (60 days, due 12/19/2026) |
$180.00 as of Oct 20, 2026, 2:15 AM ET |
$3.97 | |||
| BiggerBooks Short Term Rental (60 days, due 12/19/2026) |
Short Term Rental (60 days, due 12/19/2026) |
$185.40 as of Oct 20, 2026, 2:15 AM ET |
at checkout | |||
| Knetbooks Quarter Rental (59 days, due 12/18/2026) |
Quarter Rental (59 days, due 12/18/2026) |
$188.10 as of Oct 20, 2026, 2:15 AM ET |
at checkout | |||
| Knetbooks Used |
Used | $192.00 as of Oct 20, 2026, 2:15 AM ET |
at checkout | |||
| eCampus Quarter Rental (59 days, due 12/18/2026) |
Quarter Rental (59 days, due 12/18/2026) |
$190.00 as of Oct 20, 2026, 2:15 AM ET |
$3.97 | |||
| BiggerBooks Quarter Rental (59 days, due 12/18/2026) |
Quarter Rental (59 days, due 12/18/2026) |
$195.70 as of Oct 20, 2026, 2:15 AM ET |
at checkout | |||
| Knetbooks Semester Rental (76 days, due 01/04/2027) |
Semester Rental (76 days, due 01/04/2027) |
$198.00 as of Oct 20, 2026, 2:15 AM ET |
at checkout | |||
| eCampus Semester Rental (76 days, due 01/04/2027) |
Semester Rental (76 days, due 01/04/2027) |
$200.00 as of Oct 20, 2026, 2:15 AM ET |
$3.97 | |||
| BiggerBooks Semester Rental (76 days, due 01/04/2027) |
Semester Rental (76 days, due 01/04/2027) |
$206.00 as of Oct 20, 2026, 2:15 AM ET |
at checkout | |||
| BiggerBooks New |
New | $263.72 as of Oct 20, 2026, 2:15 AM ET |
at checkout | |||
| Store | Condition | Coupons & Deals | Price | Shipping | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| eCampus (Marketplace) Used (Marketplace) |
Used (Marketplace) |
$174.80 as of Oct 20, 2026, 2:15 AM ET |
$3.97 | |||
| Knetbooks Used |
Used | $192.00 as of Oct 20, 2026, 2:15 AM ET |
at checkout | |||
| Store | Condition | Coupons & Deals | Price | Shipping | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BiggerBooks New |
New | $263.72 as of Oct 20, 2026, 2:15 AM ET |
at checkout | |||
| Knetbooks New |
New | $265.06 as of Oct 20, 2026, 2:15 AM ET |
at checkout | |||
| eCampus New |
New | $266.39 as of Oct 20, 2026, 2:15 AM ET |
FREE | |||
| Store | Condition | Coupons & Deals | Price | Shipping | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knetbooks Semester Rental (76 days, due 01/04/2027) |
Semester Rental (76 days, due 01/04/2027) |
$198.00 as of Oct 20, 2026, 2:15 AM ET |
at checkout | |||
| eCampus Semester Rental (76 days, due 01/04/2027) |
Semester Rental (76 days, due 01/04/2027) |
$200.00 as of Oct 20, 2026, 2:15 AM ET |
$3.97 | |||
| BiggerBooks Semester Rental (76 days, due 01/04/2027) |
Semester Rental (76 days, due 01/04/2027) |
$206.00 as of Oct 20, 2026, 2:15 AM ET |
at checkout | |||
| Store | Condition | Coupons & Deals | Price | Shipping | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knetbooks Quarter Rental (59 days, due 12/18/2026) |
Quarter Rental (59 days, due 12/18/2026) |
$188.10 as of Oct 20, 2026, 2:15 AM ET |
at checkout | |||
| eCampus Quarter Rental (59 days, due 12/18/2026) |
Quarter Rental (59 days, due 12/18/2026) |
$190.00 as of Oct 20, 2026, 2:15 AM ET |
$3.97 | |||
| BiggerBooks Quarter Rental (59 days, due 12/18/2026) |
Quarter Rental (59 days, due 12/18/2026) |
$195.70 as of Oct 20, 2026, 2:15 AM ET |
at checkout | |||
| Store | Condition | Coupons & Deals | Price | Shipping | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knetbooks Short Term Rental (60 days, due 12/19/2026) |
Short Term Rental (60 days, due 12/19/2026) |
$178.20 as of Oct 20, 2026, 2:15 AM ET |
at checkout | |||
| eCampus Short Term Rental (60 days, due 12/19/2026) |
Short Term Rental (60 days, due 12/19/2026) |
$180.00 as of Oct 20, 2026, 2:15 AM ET |
$3.97 | |||
| BiggerBooks Short Term Rental (60 days, due 12/19/2026) |
Short Term Rental (60 days, due 12/19/2026) |
$185.40 as of Oct 20, 2026, 2:15 AM ET |
at checkout | |||
Prices checked Oct 20, 2026, 2:15 AM ET. Totals include shipping where the store lists it.
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Lexicography and the OED: Pioneers in the Untrodden Forest sets out to explore the pioneering endeavours in both lexicography and lexicology which led to the making of the first English dictionary published by Oxford. Deliberately conceived as a new departure in English lexicography, the first OED, as James Murray stressed, was to be founded on an unequivocal return to first principles, both in the nature of its construction and in the evidence amassed for its compilation. It also produced, as this book shows, ahost of problems: on the nature of Englishness, correctness, and general standards of language use, as well as in aspects of pronunciation, semantics, and syntax. Often making use of previously unpublished archive material, this collection of twelve essays provides both a range of perspectives fromwhich the dictionary can be approached, and also explores the particular problems…
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