THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA, A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, LITERATURE AND GENERAL INFORMATION [Twenty-Nine Volumes, Complete]

Chisholm, Hugh [Editor-in-Chief]; Phillips, Walter Alison [Assistant Editor]

Published by Cambridge University Press 1910-1911, Cambridge, 1910

About this Item

Quarto, twenty-nine volumes. In Good plus condition. Maroon paneled spines with red labels and gilt lettering. Quarter bound in morocco leather with red cloth boards, and gilt ruled spine and corners. Boards have minor denting to edges, light to moderate chipping to extremities, resulting in exposed boards along some corners. Light plus soiling, scuff marks, and discoloration throughout. Spines of volumes 1-12 have very minimal chipping. Spines of volumes 22, 26, and 29 have cracking and chipping, impacting some text. Volume 20 has a large stain along the rear board and spine. Textblocks have purple end papers, gilt head edges, pencil marks and annotations on some pages throughout, age toning, light soiling and light plus wear to edges. Volumes 5-6, 8-13, and 18-28 have light foxing to edges of some pages throughout. Volume 1 has tears to the head edges of pages 241-256. Volume 4 has stains to pages 692-693. Volume 5 has a tear to the edge of page 719. Volume 8 has tears to the front free end page to the copyright page, and bumping to edges of pages 957-990. Volume 11 has stains to pages 559-560, and chipping to the edges of the rear end papers. Volume 12 has stains to pages 372-400, including a dried flower attached to page 382. Volume 15 has stains to page 209, and a small tear to page 368. Volume 18 has a tear to page 639. Volume 19 incorrectly cut to the head edges of pages 33-40. No tears impact text in all Volumes. Shelved in Room D. Oversized. The 11th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica includes articles written by some of the best-known scholars of the time, such as Edmund Gosse, John Muir, T. H. Huxley, Ernest Rutherford, and Bertrand Russell. Additionally, The 1911 edition was the first edition to include more than just a handful of female contributors. With 34 women contributing articles, including Adelaide Anderson, Gertrude Bell, Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick, and many others. 1400132. Special Collections.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA, A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, LITERATURE AND GENERAL INFORMATION [Twenty-Nine Volumes, Complete]
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press 1910-1911, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 1910
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 11th Edition.
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