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Fri, May 5, 2017 06:30PM EDT - Sat, May 6, 2017 06:30PM EDT
Lot 337

GROUP OF VARIOUS ENCYCLOPEDIAS 81 VOLUMES

Estimate: $25 - $50

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $5
$30 $10
$100 $25
$400 $50
$900 $100
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$150,000 $10,000
GROUP OF VARIOUS ENCYCLOPEDIAS, LATE 19TH & EARLY 20TH C., 81 VOLUMES:A large group of mostly encyclopedias and one reference book, including: Encyclopaedia Britannica, new 14th edition. Chicago [?], Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., circa 1938. Having 24 volumes, bound in red cloth. New Standard Encyclopedia. Chicago: Standard Education Society, circa 1929. Having 2 volumes. The Universal Standard Encyclopedia: An Abridgement of the New Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia. Edited by Joseph L. Morse. New York: Standard Reference Works Publishing Company, Inc., 1956. Having 23 volumes, incomplete. The Encyclopedia Americana: Complete in Thirty Volumes. New York: Americana Corporation, 1945. Having 9 of 30 volumes, incomplete set. The Source Book: An International Encyclopedic Authority Written from the New World Viewpoint, Prepared by Over Two Hundred Authorities in the Fields of Literature Art, and Science. Chicago: Perpetual Encyclopedia Corporation, 1931. Having 8 volumes, an incomplete set. Modern Eloquence: A Library of the World's Best Spoken Thought. Ashley H. Thorndike, ed. New York: P.F. Collier & Son Corporation, 1936. A complete set in 15 volumes, including an index.

Condition

The vast majority of the books are in good used condition. There may be some rubbing to various spines, bumped corners, and minor staining to pages (MK).