Ad
related to: old encyclopedia sets for sale on amazon shopping list- Amazon Home & Kitchen
Furniture & decor for home, outdoor
& more. Shop by look, style & more.
- Amazon Music Unlimited
Play any song, offline & ad-free.
Hands-free listening w/ Alexa.
- Amazon Deals
New deals, every day. Shop our Deal
of the Day, Lightning Deals & more.
- Shop Amazon Devices
Shop Echo & Alexa devices, Fire TV
& tablets, Kindle E-readers & more.
- Amazon Home & Kitchen
Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Minor Encyclopedia (1803), edited by Thaddeus M. Harris, copies much of Kendal's Pocket Encyclopedia; Domestic Encyclopedia (1803–1804), first American edition, expanded to 5 volumes (4 in the British); second American edition 1821; Low's Encyclopaedia (1805–1811), the first true American encyclopedia
Anglo-American Encyclopedia and Dictionary (1902) - an unauthorized reprint of portions of the Encyclopedia Britannica with an unrelated dictionary attached. (Link includes vols. 2-4, 6-9, 11-12) New American Comprehensive Encyclopedia (1906) (Link includes vols. 1, 3 and 4) Century Book of Facts (1902) a quasi-annual one volume work
For lists of encyclopedias, see: List of encyclopedias by branch of knowledge; List of encyclopedias by date; List of encyclopedias by language; List of online ...
All volumes of the 3rd edition have title pages dated 1797. The encyclopedia continued to be printed, in complete sets, for many years, with all the volumes still dated 1797. In addition to the legitimate sets printed in Edinburgh, unauthorized sets were being printed in Dublin by James Moore and Philadelphia by Thomas Dobson.
Though not as vintage as some of the other trains on this list, the Lionel Polar Express has seen no shortage of demand, with even mass-produced sets (like this one on Amazon) selling for over $300.
The sets reputation was also marred by complaints to the Federal Trade Commission about the practices of the encyclopedias vendors. These were Cease and Desist Orders Docket #3349 in 1938, #3428 in 1939 and #4554 in 1942. [9] Despite its annual revision, the encyclopedia was often out of date due to lax and inconstant editing.
Modern Round Ottoman. Price: $74.99 At nearly $75, the HomePop Luna ottoman is the most expensive item on this list even with the 24% discount. However, glowing reviews from Amazon shoppers have ...
As of 2007, old encyclopedias whose copyright has expired, such as the 1911 edition of Britannica, are also the only free content English encyclopedias released in print form. However, works such as the Great Soviet Encyclopedia , which were created in the public domain, [ citation needed ] exist as free content encyclopedias in other languages.
Ad
related to: old encyclopedia sets for sale on amazon shopping list