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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Red buckram cloth cover on this hardback is in very good condition. No dust jacket. Gilt titling on spine is bright. Slight shelf wear to cover. Interior is immaculate including 32 full-page plates. This particular edition is quite rare. This appears to be the first edition in English. Can't find another 1953 edition by this particular publisher. (PM) "L"icht.

8°, linen ribbon. Zustand: Gut. revised edition,. Due to its weight (over 1000g), shipping is only possible as a small parcel (5.20). Other countries upon request! 688 pages, text in English, double columns, colored header, spine slightly faded, handwritten address on endpaper, Dealing with Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge is a late 19th-century encyclopedia, edited by Rev. James Wood, first published in London in 1900 by Frederick Warne & Co. Editions were recorded for 1920, 1930, 1938 and 1956 and was still being sold in 1966. Editors included G. Elgie Christ and A. L. Hayden for 1930, Lawrence Hawkins Dawson for 1938 and C. M. Prior for 1956. The Nuttall Encyclopædia is named for Dr. Peter Austin Nuttall were eventually acquired by Frederick Warne, and would be published for decades to come. The title page proclaims this encyclopedia to be "a concise and comprehensive dictionary of general knowledge consisting of over 16,000 terse and original articles on nearly all subjects discussed in larger encyclopædias, and specially dealing with such as come under the categories of history, biography, geography, literature, philosophy, religion, science, and art". Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1150.