Winchester, Simon

Essays in The Sophisticated Traveler (October 5, 1986)

Lopez, Barry, N. Scott Momaday, Kingsley Amis, Richard Adams, John Wain, Edna O'Brien, Anthony Burgess, Brian Moore, J.P. Donleavy, Derek Walcott, Simon Winchester, · 1986 · Clayton Fine Books

$45.00 (€40.58 | £33.90 | ¥7,195)

Good First Edition New York Times New York 0 Good in original wrappers with wear on the spine, creasing, and chips.

Krakatoa the Day the World Exploded

WINCHESTER, SIMON · 2003 · S. Howlett-West Books

$20.00 (€18.04 | £15.07 | ¥3,198)

New York: Harpercollins, 2003. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0066212855. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The wrap-around band / dus...

The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary

Simon Winchester · 2003 · Judith Patton

CA$16.95 (€10.73 | $11.90 | £8.96 | ¥1,902)

Oxford University Press First. pp.260 clean tight copy slight creasing to top back of d/j Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Fine Near Fine

Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

Winchester, Simon · 1999 · Judith Patton

CA$11.95 (€7.56 | $8.39 | £6.32 | ¥1,341)

New York, New York, U.S.A. Perennial Library pp.242 clean tight copy tanning to text margins Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Near Fine

The Map That Changed the World: the Tale of William Smith And the Birth of a Science

Simon Winchester · 2001 · Book Haven

NZ$13.50 (€6.77 | $7.51 | £5.66 | ¥1,201)

Viking 2001 Hardback, 352pp. Winchester tells the fascinating story of an Oxfordshire blacksmith's orphaned son who discovered an unmistakable pattern in the rocks. From this, William Smith developed the first true geographical map following fossils and rock patterns, earning ...

The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale Of Murder, Madness And The Love Of Words

Simon Winchester · 1998 · Book Haven

NZ$11.50 (€5.77 | $6.40 | £4.82 | ¥1,023)

Viking 1998 Hardback, 207pp. The making of the Oxford English Dictionary was a monumental 50 year task requiring thousands of volunteers. One of the keenest volunteers was a W C Minor who astonished everyone by refusing to come to Oxford to receive his congratulations. In the ...

The Surgeon of Crowthorne. a Tale of Murder, Madness And the Oxford English Dictionary

Simon Winchester · 1999 · Book Haven

NZ$12.50 (€6.27 | $6.95 | £5.24 | ¥1,112)

Penguin Books 1999 Paperback, 224pp. The making of the Oxford English Dictionary was a monumental 50 year task requiring thousands of volunteers. One of the keenest volunteers was a W C Minor who astonished everyone by refusing to come to Oxford to receive his congratulations....

The Surgeon of Crowthorne. a Tale of Murder, Madness And the Oxford English Dictionary

Simon Winchester · 1999 · Book Haven

NZ$11.50 (€5.77 | $6.40 | £4.82 | ¥1,023)

Penguin Books 1999 Paperback, 224pp. The making of the Oxford English Dictionary was a monumental 50 year task requiring thousands of volunteers. One of the keenest volunteers was a W C Minor who astonished everyone by refusing to come to Oxford to receive his congratulations....

A Crack in the Edge of the World: the Great American Earthquake of 1906

Simon Winchester · 2005 · Book Haven

NZ$17.50 (€8.78 | $9.74 | £7.34 | ¥1,557)

Viking 2005 Paperback, 256pp. A burgeoning new city is built on the dreams of the American gold rush. it is also built upon a landscape that has been stretching, sliding and breaking apart for millennia. in 1906 the dreams of this city came crashing down beneath the rippling w...

The Surgeon of Crowthorne: a Tale of Murder,Madness And the Oxford English Dictionary

Simon Winchester · 2008 · Book Haven

NZ$15.50 (€7.78 | $8.62 | £6.50 | ¥1,379)

Penguin 2008 Paperback, 224pp. Simon Winchester's The Surgeon of Crowthorne was an international bestseller and tells an extraordinary true story of murder, madness and an extraordinary friendship in the nineteenth century. It is the tale of James Murray, the compiler of the f...

The Meaning of Everything: the Story of the Oxford English Dictionary

Simon Winchester · 2003 · Book Haven

NZ$17.50 (€8.78 | $9.74 | £7.34 | ¥1,557)

Oxford University Press 2003 Hardback, 256pp. From the best-selling author of The Professor and the Madman, The Map That Changed the World, and Krakatoa comes a truly wonderful celebration of the English language and of its unrivaled treasure house, the Oxford English Dictiona...

The Surgeon of Crowthorne. A tale of murder, madness and the love of Words

WINCHESTER, SIMON · 1998 · Global Village Books

A$15.63 (€9.65 | $10.70 | £8.06 | ¥1,712)

London, Viking. 1998, Reprint. (ISBN: 0670878626). Hardcover. Book, 207pp. Near fine h/c in vg dj. Story of the amazing lunatic imprisoned in Broadmoor who worked on the Oxford Dictionary. Size: Small 8vo. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Worlds to Explore: Classic Tales of Travel and Adventure from National Geographic

Jenkins, Mark, editor. Simon Winchester, foreword · 2006 · Clayton Fine Books

$35.00 (€31.56 | £26.37 | ¥5,596)

Fine Fine First Edition National Geographic Washington 0 Fine in dust jacket. Presentation copy, inscribed and signed by Jenkins.

Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded, August 27, 1883

Winchester, Simon · 2003 · Clayton Fine Books

$35.00 (€31.56 | £26.37 | ¥5,596)

Fine Fine First Edition HarperCollins New York 0 Fine in dust jacket. Signed by Winchester on the title-page. Previous name.

A Crack in the Edge of the World America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906

WINCHESTER, SIMON · 2005 · S. Howlett-West Books

$25.00 (€22.54 | £18.83 | ¥3,997)

New York, NY: Harper Collins, 2005. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0060571993. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author on the limitation page. The book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket and wrap-around ba...

The Alice Behind Wonderland.

SIMON WINCHESTER. · 2011 · Clearwater Books

£7.50 (€8.98 | $9.96 | ¥1,592)

Oxford University Press, New York, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 110pp. Beige paper-covered boards. With a portrait frontispiece of Alice Liddell taken by Dodgson. In fine state with fine dust wrapper. "Using Dodgson's published writings, private diaries, a...

The Alice Behind Wonderland (From Library of David Rudd Author of '' Enid Blyton and the Mystery of Children's Literature '')

Winchester,Simon · 2011 · Richard Thornton Books

£20.00 (€23.94 | $26.55 | ¥4,245)

Oxford University Press This is a Fine Copy of this hardcover book in a Fine Dust-Jacket.The book has a firm binding with NO hinge weakness and there is no leaning or rolling to spine.Lovely clean tight copy which was acquired from the Private Library of Dr David Rudd a retire...

The meaning of everything : the story of the Oxford English Dictionary.

Winchester, Simon. · 2003 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

€12.00 ($13.31 | £10.02 | ¥2,128)

Oxford : Oxford University Press , 2003. Hardcover. Dustjacket. xxv,260 pp. 23 cm. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : as new. ISBN 9780198607021.

A Crack in the Edge of the World

Winchester, Simon · 2006 · Caerwen Books

A$9.00 (€5.56 | $6.16 | £4.64 | ¥986)

Book Very Good Harper Perennial Spine is creased.

Pacific Rising: The Emergence of a New World Culture.

Winchester, Simon, · 1991 · Vintage Books

$16.00 (€14.43 | £12.05 | ¥2,558)

New York, Prentice Hall Press, 1991. 1st Printing. Hardcover., Vg (See Description), G/Vg Prev. Owner Bookplate Inside. Light Wear. Dj Price-Clipped, in Mylar. Slightly Cocked. Pages: 496.