Sidney I. Landau | Cambridge University Press, 2001 | Book
This is the best overview of all the competing demands of dictionary-making.
Simon Winchester | Harper Perennial, 1999 | Book
About the Oxford English Dictionary. A page-turner! (Rest assured, most lexicographers never shoot anyone.)
Thierry Fontenelle (Editor) | Oxford University Press, 2008 | Book
A good overview.
B. T. Sue Atkins and Michael Rundell | Oxford University Press, 2008 | Book
Sue Atkins is at the forefront and the cutting edge of modern bilingual and corpus-based lexicography.
Simon Winchester | Oxford University Press, 2004 | Book
THE story of THE dictionary.
K. M. Elisabeth Murray | Yale University Press, 2001 | Book
A loving biography of the great James Murray, by his granddaughter.
Jenny McMorris | Oxford University Press, 2003 | Book
The life of H.W. Fowler, the man behind Fowler's A Dictionary of Modern English Usage.
Howard Jackson | Routledge, 2002 | Book
A good introduction with an international perspective.
Bo Svensén | Oxford University Press, 1993 | Book
Difficult to find, but well worth the effort.
Donna Lee Berg | Oxford University Press, 1993 | Book
You've got to know how to use one before you can learn how to make one!
Herbert C. Morton | Cambridge University Press, 1995 | Book
The involving story of the biggest dictionary controversy of the 20th century.
Lynda Mugglestone (Editor) | Oxford University Press, 2002 | Book
Lexicographical ground-breaking and problem-solving for the OED.
Henri Béjoint | Oxford University Press, 2000 | Book
A more general and theoretical overview of lexicography.
Alexander and Nicholas Humez | David R. Godine, 2000 | Book
Just pure fun — a wonderful way to remind yourself of the joy of words.
William Benzie | Pilgrim Books, 1983 | Book
The life of the eccentric man that the OED was made because — and in spite — of!
B. T. Sue Atkins and A. Zampolli (Editors) | Oxford University Press, 1995 | Book
The next step in dictionary-making.
Henri Béjoint | Oxford University Press, 2010 | Book
New, comprehensive and clear!
