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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 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.
Chicago: R. S. Peale & Co. 1890.25 volumes total.This is a cheaper version published in Chicago, see the wikipedia article below. These were issued in various numbers of volumes - this set is complete with index.Cloth hardcovers, most in good condition but there are four volume or so with detached boards, and many backstrips are damaged (see pics).
Facing financial pressure, Britannica was bought in 1996 by Swiss financier Jacob Safra for $135 million, a fraction of its book value. Safra introduced severe price-cutting measures to try to compete with Encarta, even offering the entire reference free of charge for a time (around 18 months, from October 1999 to March 2001) on the Internet.
Hall Caine. The Bondman. The Prophet: a Parable (novella) Kate Chopin – At Fault. Wilkie Collins (completed after his death in 1889 by Walter Besant) – Blind Love. Marie Corelli – Wormwood. Louis Couperus – Footsteps of Fate ( Noodlot – Fate – in the magazine De Gids, dated October) Jane Dieulafoy – Parysatis.
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)
WORLD WAR IN PHOTOGRAPHS (Whitman Big Little Book 779, 1934) 190 Authentic Photographs - a pictorial history of the battles in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in the air and on the seas. Arranged and edited by Otto Kurth. Inspired by Laurence Stellings' famous collection of war pictures. home Book Price Guide.
