By H. W. Fowler; F. G. Fowler
Oxford   Clarendon Press
7.5" by 5" [3], vi-xiii, [3], 1507pp
A finely bound edition of the Fowler's 'Concise Oxford Dictionary', a striking work from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie.
By H. W. Fowler; F. G. Fowler

1934 The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English

Oxford   Clarendon Press
7.5" by 5" [3], vi-xiii, [3], 1507pp
A finely bound edition of the Fowler's 'Concise Oxford Dictionary', a striking work from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie.
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Fine Binding, Leather Binding

A useful reference work, a concise dictionary consisting of the contemporary English language of the 1930s.

Adapted by H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler from 'The Oxford Dictionary'.

This is the third edition, revised by H. W. Fowler and H. G. le Mesurier.

From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie, from her library at Julians Park, Hertfordshire. After being widowed at 25, Audrey married the fabulously wealthy American department store heir, Marshall Field III, later divorcing him and marrying the Honorable Peter Pleydell-Bouverie. In 1940 she bought Julians Park and redesigned the interior. Her library was impressive, with many examples of her own bookbinding.

Audrey was an extravagant socialite and renowned beauty, the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII (though she was also rumoured to be his daughter, or the lover of King Edward VIII), featured in the 'Book of Beauty' by Cecil Beaton. She had many high profile friends, such as Winston Churchill, Coco Chanel, Fred Astaire, and Nancy Mitford, a sparkling hostess of the Edwardian period, her hedonistic antics bringing her into the Bright Young Things.

Condition

In a full crushed morocco binding. Externally, spine is a touch faded with a few very light marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean.

Fine

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