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| 008 | 151026s2016 nyua b 001 0 eng | ||
| 010 | _a 2015029960 | ||
| 020 | _a9780307269171 (hardback) | ||
| 020 | _z9781101947777 (ebook) | ||
| 020 | _a9780307389787 (trade paperback) | ||
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_aAE5.E3633 _bB69 2016 |
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_a031 BOY _223 |
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_aBoyles, Denis, _eauthor. |
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_aEverything Explained that is Explainable : _bOn the Creation of the Encyclopædia Britannica's Celebrated Eleventh Edition, 1910-1911 / _cDenis Boyles. |
| 250 | _aFirst edition. | ||
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_aNew York : _bAlfred A. Knopf, _c2016. |
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_axviii, 442 pages : _billustrations ; _c25 cm |
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_atext _2rdacontent |
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_a"The audacious, improbable tale of 20th century American hucksterism, outlandish daring, and vision that resurrected a dying Encyclopedia Britannica in collaboration with a floundering London Times, its astonishing success that changed publishing and that produced the Britannica's eleventh edition (published between 1910 and 1911), the most revered edition of English-language encyclopedias (all 44 million words), considered by many to be "the last great work of the age of reason" (Hans Koening, the New Yorker)"-- _cProvided by publisher. |
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_aEncyclopedias and dictionaries _xHistory and criticism. |
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_aHISTORY / World. _2bisacsh |
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_aREFERENCE / Encyclopedias. _2bisacsh |
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_aHISTORY / Study & Teaching. _2bisacsh |
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