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Oversized Hardback. Zustand: Very Good - Cash. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. **Two volume set. Vol. 1: A-G, Vol. 2: H-O.** Minor surface and edge wear to both volumes. Pages show lighter reader wear. The bindings have slight tilts. Both still in great condition! Dust jackets show light shelf and use wear. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

hardcover. Zustand: Gut. 736 Seiten; 9780679434641.3 Gewicht in Gramm: 4.

Hard Cover. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Yes. First. Two volumes (only these two volumes were ever published), first editions. Volume I (A-G) lxiv+ 1006 pps. ; Volume II (H-O) xxviii+ 736 pps. Fine, fresh copies in equally fine dust jackets. Each are the correct first editions, although the publisher changed its designation of first editions in the interval between publication of the two volumes (Vol. I states "First Edition" with number line starting with "2"; Vol.II states "First Editoion" with number line starting with "1"). We have heard reports (unconfirmed) that a third volume will be published after 2009. NOTE: DUE TO EXCESSIVE SIZE AND WEIGHT, ADDITIONAL POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED AND WILL BE SIGNIFICANT ON ANY EXPEDITED AND/OR INTERNATIONAL ORDERS. PLEASE INQUIRE BEFORE PLACING ORDER. (BARNES & NOBLE ORDERS WILL NOT BE SHIPPPED EXPEDITED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES--MEDIA MAIL ONLY IN U.S. ON B&N ORDERS).

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: dj. First Edition. First printings. Two quarto volumes. Cloth-backed boards (hardcovers); dustjackets; 1006+736pp. Tight, Near Fine copies in like dustwrappers. Printed bookplate of Smithsonian curator James G. Mead to each volume. Lighter's dictionary, the first of its kind devoted to American slang, was projected to run to four volumes, but the project was terminated by Random House in 1997 after only the first two volumes had been published. As of 2022, the final two volumes have yet to be published, though Oxford University Press has reputedly taken on responsibility for completing the work.