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A book with obvious wear. May have some damage to the book cover but the book is still completely intact. The binding may be slightly damaged around the edges but it is still completely intact.

May have some underlining and highlighting of text and some writing in the margins, but there are no missing pages or anything else that would compromise the readability or legibility of the text. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections.Seller notes:“ Please look at pictures. ”ISBN:Does not apply.

Importance Of Publishing

US advertisement for the 11th edition from the May 1913 issue ofIn the third era (10th–14th editions, 1901–1973), the Britannica was managed by American businessmen who introduced and sales. The American owners gradually simplified articles, making them less scholarly for a mass market. The 10th edition was a nine-volume supplement to the 9th, but the 11th edition was a completely new work, and is still praised for excellence; its owner, lavished enormous effort on its perfection.When Hooper fell into financial difficulties, the Britannica was managed by for 18 years (1920–1923, 1928–1943).

In 1932, the vice-president of Sears, assumed presidency of the Britannica; in 1936, he began the policy of continuous revision. This was a departure from earlier practice, in which the articles were not changed until a new edition was produced, at roughly 25-year intervals, some articles unchanged from earlier editions. Powell developed new educational products that built upon the Britannica 's reputation. According to Kister, the initial 15th edition (1974) required over $32 million to produce. Vol. I has (viii), 697, (i) pages, but 10 unpaginated pages are added between pages 586 and 587. II has (iii), 1009, (ii) pages, but page numbers 175-176 as well as page numbers 425-426 were used twice; additionally page numbers 311-410 were not used.

III has (iii), 953, (i) pages, but page numbers 679-878 were not used. Nanostation serial port. Archibald Constable estimated in 1812 that there had been 3,500 copies printed, but revised his estimate to 3,000 in 1821. According to Smellie, it was 10,000, as quoted by Robert Kerr in his 'Memoirs of William Smellie.'

Archibald Constable was quoted as saying the production started at 5,000 and concluded at 13,000. 10,000 sets sold by Britannica plus 45,000 genuine American reprints by Scribner's Sons, and 'several hundred thousand sets of mutilated and fraudulent 9th editions were sold.' Most sources estimate there were 500,000 pirated sets.References.