Quartos, over 7000 pages, publisher's three-quarter red morocco, extra-gilt spine, lightly edgeworn. NOTE: Each volume weighs roughly 8 lbs, with a shipping weight total about 100 lbs: Domestic shipping is included in the price. Foreign shipping will get a credit of $100 toward the extra shipping charges as applicable and at cost. "The Century Dictionary was originally published by subscription between 1889 and 1891. It appeared in 24 parts or sections, and was subsequently bound into six volumes at the request of the subscriber. . [a] two-volume supplement issued in 1909. . The Century Dictionary is one of the best dictionaries ever produced." - O'Neill, ENGLISH-LANGUAGE DICTIONARIES, 1604-1900, C-20. This edition defines over 500,000 words and names. "The method of distributing this encyclopedic material under a large number of headings, which have been followed throughout, makes each item of this store of information far more accessible than works in which a different system is adopted." - Publisher's Note. Here the Dictionary has been extended by two additional volumes. For the ATLAS, since the 1897 first edition, "All of the maps have been amended; a number of them have been entirely remade; several have been added; and the index has been reset, while the statistical matter which it contains has been brought down to date." - Preface, 1911. Seller Inventory # 2020132

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Title: THE CENTURY DICTIONARY An Encyclopedic ...

Publisher: The Century Co. ( 1911 ), New York

Publication Date: 1911

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: Revised and Enlarged Edition.

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Joyce And Company, established 1975, works out of an office near Chicago's Loop. There are usually 15-20,000 books on-site and available for browsing. Mr. Joyce was a founding partner of the former Chicago Rare Book Center, of Chicago and Evanston, Illinois. Proprietor Tom Joyce appeared regularly as the book appraiser on "The Appraisal Fair", seen on Home And Garden Television, HGTV. We still do appraisals on a wide variety of subjects, from literature to history, fine books, children's, presses, theology, law, medicine, maps, autographs. These topics are reflected in our inventory, and much more, including Sherlockiana. In addition to regional institutions nearby Chicago and Illinois, we have been able to place rare materials with the American Antiquarian Society, The Library of Congress, The Bodleian Library, Harvard and Yale Universities, the Presidential Libraries of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, et cetera.

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Payment may be by cheques, most credit or debit cards. All items are guaranteed to be as described. That is a lifetime guarantee - my lifetime, that is. TJJ

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