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A highly regarded one-volume encyclopedia
produced by Columbia University
This incredible mammoth leather bound edition measures 12" x 9.5", is 3" thick, and weighs about 40 lbs (est). Easton
Press full genuine leather with 22kt gold accents. Beautiful red
leather with ornate decorations. "The Columbia Encyclopedia" printed on
the front and on the spine. As New in the original shrink-wrap. The photo is of the actual encyclopedia you will receive. We only have one in stock.
The
Columbia Encyclopedia is a highly regarded one-volume encyclopedia
produced by Columbia University Press and sold by the Gale Group. First
published in 1935 , and continuing its important relationship with the
Columbia University, the encyclopedia underwent major revisions in 1950
and 1963; the current edition is the sixth, printed in 2000. It
contains over 51,000 articles totaling some 6.5 million words and has
also been published in two volumes.
An electronic version of the
encyclopedia is available and is licensed by several different
companies for use over the World Wide Web. See External links below.
This edition, which is marked up in SGML, is updated on a quarterly
basis and contains over 84,000 hyperlinked cross-references. Unlike
many other major English-language encyclopedias, the complete content
of the Columbia encyclopedia is available online to individual users
without payment. (Most others make a subset of their content available,
and the user is from time to time informed that more content is only
available to subscribers.)
A particular strength of the Columbia
encyclopedia in comparison to other similar reference works might be
its concise but often well-written biographies, particularly of artists
and writers, usually accompanied by carefully selected bibliographies.
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* Premium Leather
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* Distinctive Cover Design
* Hubbed Spine, Accented in Real 22KT Gold
* Satin Ribbon Page Marker
* Gilded Page Edges
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* Smyth-sewn Pages for Strength and Durability
* Beautiful Illustrations
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