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Encyclopaedia Britannica. A New Survey of Universal Knowledge.
Encyc.Brit.Ltd. 1963
4to. Attractive white/beige full morocco binding gt.,with 2 maroon labels on each spine. With solidly made bookcase. 24 vols.incl.the Atlas volume. Prof. ills. with b/w and colour photographs, line drawings diagrams. Complete set in specially made bookcase. Covers have small marks. Vol 5 has small tears at top and bottom of spine, 14 and 17 have small tears at top of spine. 22 has a small chip at top of spine. All spinses are slightly rubbed. Most volumes have had hinges neatly reinforced. Full set of Encyclopaedia Britannica from 1963. Due to weight and bulk of the books and bookcase, postage/ shipping costs would be very high. Collection would be preferable.
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100.00 GBP
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Grand Larousse Encyclopedique en dix volumes. French language encyclopaedia.
Librarie Larousse. 1960 1st edition.
Tall 8vo. In black pebbled cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. Brown endpapers. Ten volumes. With colour plates, b/w photographs, diagrams and maps in text. In very good condition. Some damp marks to endpapers in some volumes. Spots to top edges. Publisher’s catalogue loose in front Vol I. Else clean and tight copies. French language encyclopaedia.
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75.00 GBP
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EKWALL, EILERT: English Place-names. The Concise Oxford Dictionary. Fourth edition.
Oxford. At the Clarendon Press. 1980 4th edition.
Size 6.25 x 9.5 inches. In dark blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With pictorial dustwrapper. 546pp. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Spine slightly faded. Slightly creased along top edge. Not price clipped). Small marks to top edge. Else a clean and tight copy. Dictionary of English place-names with origins and meanings.
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18.00 GBP
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GOLDFARB, Rabbi SOLOMON D.: Ready-Reference Jewish Encyclopaedia. In collaboration with Rose Scharfstein.
Shilo. 1963 1st edition.
Tall 8vo. In blue/grey cloth covers with dark blue lettering to spine and front. With dustwrapper. 248pp. With line drawings in margins. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly darkened with handling marks. Top edge slightly creased with small tears. Not price clipped). Small mark to front endpaper. Else a clean and tight copy. A new venture in the English-Jewish field. Supplies brief, reliable information on basic subjects of Jewish interest.
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8.00 GBP
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HEATON, WILLIAM (ed): Cassell’s Concise Cyclopaedia.
Cassell & Co. London. 1888.
Tall 8vo. In black half calf leather bindings with gilt to spine. Pebbled brown cloth boards. Green endpapers. 1340pp. B/w engravings in text. In very good condition. Covers very slightly rubbed. Occasional foxing spots inside. Else a clean and tight copy. Covers nearly twelve thousand articles.
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25.00 GBP
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WHITNEY, WILLIAM DWIGHT: The Century Dictionary An Encyclopaedic Lexicon of the English Language. In six volumes.
The Century Co. New York. 1889
Folio. In brown half calf leather binding with dark green pebbled cloth boards. With gilt to spine. Raised bands. Marbled edges and endpapers. Six volumes. With b/w illustrations in text. In near fine condition. Small chips to some corners. Small marks to boards. Very clean and tight copies. This is the most expensive binding of the three that were offered. "The Century Dictionary contains definitions of 215,ooo words, several thousand illustrations and 22 special dictionaries in one Universal Dictionary".
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145.00 GBP
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William Heaton (ed) CASSELL'S CONCISE CYCLOPAEDIA. Popular edition
Cassell & Co 1896
42 parts all in their original wrappers. They are presented in original brown cloth folder, with gilt on spine & cover. pp(iii) + 1340. with numerous illustrations. The wrappers them selves are in good condition. Around the edges there are creases with some tears. Inside text is all-clean. Most of them have been unopened. The cloth folder is a little soiled. Very RARE to see these complete in all original wrappers.
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22.00 GBP
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WOODWARD, B.B. / CATES, WILLIAM L.R.: Encyclopaedia of Chronology. Historical and Biographical.
London. Longmans, Green and Co. 1872 1st edition.
Tall 8vo. In brown cloth covers with gilt to spine and black design to front. 1487pp. In very good condition. Re-backed. Spine slightly darkened. Bookplate to front endpaper. Occasional small marks and foxing spots. Else a clean and tight copy. Contains dates which mark important events in the fortunes of states, nations and individuals. Further includes dates of scientific discoveries and inventions.
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30.00 GBP
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