The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, Second Edition, 1955, Hardcover

The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, Second Edition (1955), from Oxford University Press, with an introduction by Bernard Darwin. The classic reference that gathers thousands of memorable lines from literature, scripture, poetry, and history's great speeches. Blue cloth boards with gilt spine lettering, in the original tan dust jacket bearing the Oxford crest. A handsome, substantial vintage volume — lovely on a study or library shelf, worked into a stack, or given as a writer's or reader's gift, and still genuinely useful to page through.