[Rarebooks] FS - Britannica 11th, onionskin ed., with mahogany bookcase

[GREENFIELD BOOKS]

/*THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA*/  /A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, 
Literature and General Information. Eleventh Edition./ Twenty-nine 
volumes, uniformly bound in moss green coloured suede, a.e.g. With maps, 
colored and b&w illustrations. Published by Cambridge University Press, 
Cambridge, UK. 1910-1911. 11th edition - the "thin paper edition", 
printed on "onionskin" paper, /complete with the custom-crafted mahogany 
tiered standing bookcase/.

This, the most famous of all encyclopedias in the English language, was 
sponsored by a "Society of Gentlemen in Scotland", (/Printing and the 
Mind of Man/) and was first published in three volumes in 1771. This is 
perhaps the most desirable edition of this encyclopedia and was the last 
to contain original signed, extensive articles treating the major areas 
of human knowledge and endeavour. "It is noteworthy for its index which 
has justly been described as the best index of any work of reference". 
(P&TMOM). Each of the 29 volumes in this complete set measures 
approximately 11 1/2"  x 9", and each contains perhaps 1,000 pages 
which, being printed on onionskin paper, result in a thickness per 
volume hardly exceeding one inch. Each is bound in moss green coloured 
suede with silk-sewn endpapers of supple (and sensual) calf. All volumes 
are stamped in gilt with the title, edition number, and volume 
designation, as well as the crest of the University Press at Cambridge. 

The 29 volumes come are displayed in a customer-made solid mahogany 
tiered bookcase which measures 51" high by 15" wide and 11" deep. The 
bookcase is in excellent condition (see photos).

The condition of the binding of the individual volumes varies from fair 
to very good. As might be expected, the first volume is in the poorest 
condition, with the front joint split completely (board detached but 
present) and the rear joint partially split. Similarly, the final 
volume, containing the Index (which is nearly three times the thickness 
of the other volumes, as the text is not printed on onionskin paper), is 
splitting at the joints, and torn across the bottom of the spine, but 
otherwise intact. The edges, or spines, of the suede covers on volumes 2 
to 4, 6 to 8, 13, 14, 16, and 21 to 25, all show some rubbing.

Internally, each and every volume is in excellent condition, with no 
former owner's markings, or interlineations.

Digital photos of this set, and the bookcase, may be viewed at 
http://www.greenfieldbooks.com/Britannica.htm

We offer this set,/ and the bookcase/, at a special price of $975 USD, 
prior to offering it for sale generally on the usual databases (at which 
point, the price will be $1,250 USD). This price is /inclusive/ of the 
costs to pack and ship - anywhere in North America - the books and the 
bookcase.

 
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