The shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles / 
prepared by William Little, H.W. Fowler and Jessie Coulson ; revised and edited by C.T. Onions. 
 - 3rd. ed 
 - Oxford :  Clarendon Press,  1964 [reprinted 1973] 
 - xxiii, 2515 p. ; 
<br/><br/> "An abridgement officially authorized by the Delegates of the Oxford University Press of A new English dictionary on historical principles, later known as The Oxford English dictionary." 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0198611161 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language-Dictionaries.-
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>423  / Sh,3