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Hardback. Zustand: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. There are 25,000 entries and 1,500,000 words in this work of reference for the whole family. With 1200 illustrations, all chosen to illuminate the text, the encyclopaedia is unique in rejecting "dictionary" entries in favour of hard information. First published in 1981, it is the only one-volume encyclopaedia to be updated on an annual basis from the latest information in a computer-held database. This new edition contains 120 new entries; a further 500 entries have been substantially updated. The encyclopaedia uses non-technical explanations for modern scientific and technological processes and ideas as well as for its comprehensive coverage of the arts and current affairs, with particular emphasis on 20th-century achievement. New entries in the 1991 edition range from atomic force microscope and A.S.Byatt to Gulf War, Ayrton Senna and Boris Yeltsin. The new edition also contains a fully revised 32-page colour section, including maps of the world. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (Refence, Dictionary, Printing, Publishing) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Publication of 332 pages. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and a touch edge worn. The boards are in good condition. Internally the pages are clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented beautifully in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardback. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Very good cloth copy in very good dustjacket. v, 297 pages. An unexpurgated collection of well over 2,000 quotations exploring some 50 themes to do with matters sexual. Includes many of the world's famous - and infamous - writers, thinkers and social commentators, ranging from Sophocles to the Marquis de Sade, St. Augustine to Marie Stopes, Sir Walter Raleigh to Eleanor Roosevelt. Book.

Paperback. Zustand: As New. Fourth edition. As New copy 4th edition.Fully revised for this fourth edition, with many new entries and biographies of key scientists, this book covers all the commonly encountered terms and concepts in physics, as well as key terms from maths, astrophysics and physical chemistry. -- -- Over 4,000 clear and concise entries-- New entries include group theory, radioisotope imaging, fractional quantum Hall effect, and Lorentz force-- Feature articles on important topics -- Chronologies chart discoveries in main fields of the subject.

Zustand: Gebraucht / Used. 1981. Or.hardcover with sl.dam. d.j. .332pp. Large 8°.