The Encyclopedia Britannica (24 Volumes complete)
by The Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1945. Bound in half red pebbled leather over red cloth, stamped in gold, top edges gilt. A beautiful set with no discernible flaws. The 24th volume is an atlas. Each volume has between 900 and 1000 pages. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- abookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5001790
- Title
- The Encyclopedia Britannica (24 Volumes complete)
- Author
- The Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- The Encyclopedia Britannica
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1945
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Encyclopedia;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
abookshop
Biblio member since 2004
Springtown, Pennsylvania
About abookshop
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...