Henry Ruoff Editor Chief (4 results)

paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Ex-library with typical library markings/labels. Name on title page. Binding secure. Flexible cloth covers have edge wear, rubbing. Your purchase benefits the world-wide relief efforts of Mennonite Central Committee.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1004 pages, includes Index. General Outline of Contents: First Division: The Kingdom of Nature: Book of the Heavens, Book of the Earth, Book of the Plant Kingdom, Book of the Animal Kingdom. Second Division: The Kingdoms of Man: Book of Races and Peoples, Book of Nations, Book of Language and Literature, Book of the Sciences and Invention, Book of the Human Body, Book of the World War, Book of the Child World See images for List of Illustrations: Color Plates, Diagrams, Maps and Charts, and Other Full Page and Test Illustrations. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. RARE BOOK, DARK RED COVER, BLACK PRINT SPINE, WEAR INSIDE CREASES OF SPINE, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT, PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH PICTURES, MAPS AND TABLES. PREFACE, 50+ EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS. TABLE OF CONTENTS INCLUDES EDUCATION, HISTORY, LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, SCIENCE, RELIGION AND FINE ARTS, GOVERNMENT AND LAW, TRADE AND INDUSTRY, INIVERSAL GAZETTE, ATLAS, BIOGRAPHY AND MULTIPLEX DICTIONARY. WONDERFUL BOOK WITH A GREAT DEAL OF IMPORTANT, EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION. TERRIFIC PICTURES ADD TO THE BOOK. ABOUT 700 PAGES. ONLY 1/2 FIRST PART OF BOOK NUMBERED AT 303 PAGES. LARGE BOOK, 4.23 LBS. FOR THE LOVER OF KNOWLEDGE AND HISTORY. THE BEST EDUCATED PERSON IS THE ONE WHO KNOWS THE ESSENTIALS OF THE GREATEST NUMBER OF SUBJECTS AND IS MASTER OF ONE. INCLUDES IS A SEPARATE BOOKLET. The Volume Library was a one volume general encyclopedic reference work that was published from 1911 to 1985. It remained as a two or three volume reference work until at least 2004. The publication began in 1911 by W. E. Richardson of Chicago. It was edited by Henry Woldmar Ruoff who also edited the New Century Book of Facts and the Standard Dictionary of Facts and others. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). …

First Edition. First edition, small folio (approx. 11½" x 9"), pp. [6], 11-485, [1], 48 (color maps), 535-830, xviii (index); text largely in triple column; plates (some in color), numerous tables, several illustrations in the text; original morocco-backed green cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; the whole a bit rubbed, but generally very good and sound. A general, all-purpose reference book for the masses. Among the contributors, with pictures and affiliations are 58 distinguished men (Frederick Starr and David Starr Jordan among them); and two distinguished women, Susan Francis Chase (from Buffalo State Normal School), and Elizabeth Harrison (Chicago Kindergarten College). Contains sections on The Kindergarten, Primary Education, Secondary Education, Industrial Education, Normal Schools, Higher Education; Arts & Sciences, including language, literature, and religion; Government & Law; Trade & Industry, including business & commerce; a universal gazetteer, a dictionary of biography, and a "multiplex" dictionary.…