Routledge's Universal Encyclopaedia 1934. An entirely new reference book on an original plan: 31,200 entries, 800,000 words 3,100 illustrations, 160 statistical diagrams and coloured maps.

Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd, London, first edition, 1934,, 1934

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Cloth, blindstamped cover title, 8vo, viii, 1136 pp, ills. From the foreword: ".this book, we believe, is devised on an entirely new plan. It gives, in one volume, answers to innumerable questions that arise every day, and provides the ordinary man with those facts and figures which are essential to him both in his private and his public life. We are naturally unable to give all the information which an encyclopaedia in many volumes can contain, but the essential details are here, together with a mass of information that is not to be found in any other single book of reference. Special attention has been paid to questions of the day : statistical tables and diagrams are given, showing the latest figures for most of the large industries and countries of the world. Other features are surveys of the world’s sciences, arts, literatures, and religions, geographical information, accounts of modern movements, historical events, sports and achievements, with biographies of men and women of importance in all the manifold spheres of human activity. The illustrations are a special feature of the work, and have been chosen, not because they make the work look more attractive, nor because it was decided there must be so many illustrations on a page, but because each has a special interest, elucidates some important point, or is in other ways instructive. The more important maps are given in colour, and many others, including plans of large towns and special areas at home and abroad, are among the text illustrations. A colour plate of the flags of Great Britain, of the Empire, and of the principal countries of the world, has been added." Covers faded, split to upper third of front joint, spine spotted, endpapers spotted.…

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Routledge's Universal Encyclopaedia 1934. An entirely new reference book on an original plan: 31,200 entries, 800,000 words 3,100 illustrations, 160 statistical diagrams and coloured maps.
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George Routledge & Sons Ltd. ; Dawson, L.H.
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George Routledge & Sons Ltd, London, first edition, 1934,
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1934
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Hardcover
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1st Edition
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