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The Complete Compendium of Universal Knowledge (1891) Ogilvie's Encyclopedia of Useful Information (1891) Chamber's Condensed Encyclopedia (1895) Harper's Book of Facts (1895) Pears Cyclopaedia (1897), originally named Pears' Shilling Cyclopaedia. The People's Select Cyclopedia (1897), by Charles Nisbett.
And the fact is, most encyclopedia sets aren’t worth much at all. James Beattie, of Books Appraised, has been a professional book appraiser for 33 years. He says the vast majority of encyclopedia sets carry retail values of less than $75. Single volumes (the “D” from a set of Britannicas, for example) sell for proportionately less.
There is only one complete set of the ninth edition for sale in the online databases, and it is this edition by Peale; it is priced at $935.From wikipedia:The landmark ninth edition, often called "the Scholar's Edition", was published from January 1875 to 1889 in 25 volumes, with volume 25 the index volume.
Conrad Gessner, Historia animalium (Gessner book), 1551–58, 1587. Charles Estienne, Dictionarium historicum, geographicum et poeticum, 1553. Theodor Zwinger (1533–1588), Theatrum Humanae Vitae, 1565. Pal Skalic, philosopher born in Zagreb, first to use the term encyclopedia in the current sense.
Nov 7, 2014 · by Admin on November 7, 2014 · Book Care and Conservation. Yongle Encyclopedia, 16th-century China. Stopping at a yard sale a few years back, I picked up a set of The Encyclopedia Britannica 11 th edition, produced during the year 1910. Fascinated by the idea of owning a cross section of the trunk of the tree of knowledge just prior to the ...
THE STORY OF JOHNNY WEISMULLER, THE TARZAN OF THE SCREEN (Whitman Big Little Book 778, 1934) By Eleanor Packer. MGM movie photo edition. With Summaries of the motion pictures, "Tarzan, The Ape Man" and "Tarzan And His Mate." Adapted from the famous stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs. home Big Little Book Price Guide.
This category has the following 17 subcategories, out of 17 total. 1890 books (5 C, 5 P) 1891 books (3 C, 4 P) 1892 books (3 C, 11 P) 1893 books (4 C, 3 P) 1894 books (4 C, 7 P) 1895 books (4 C, 10 P) 1896 books (5 C, 7 P)
