Find used Encyclopedia Britannica 1911 for sale on Craigslist, Letgo, eBay, OfferUp, Amazon and others. I grew up with World Book Encyclopedia, and now own three sets of World Book, 1967, 1986, and 2017, and an older Funk & Wagnall's set that I had purchased new, and have owned a very old Encyclopedia Americana.Speed up your Search. Perhaps I expected too much from Encyclopaedia Britannica, but this set is disappointing.

Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars.In Scotland at the printing shop of Colin Macfarquhar, and in local bookstoresIn Edinburgh only, and therefore are extremely rare. It was certainly always impressive looking and still is: The final print edition, published in 2010 and still for sale (while supplies last), consists of forty-four million words packed into thirty-two volumes.The first four editions of Britannica were printed in small quantities andIt was developed during the encyclopaedias transition from a British to an American publication. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., has published one of the worlds.The Encyclopaedia Britannica, though a formidable feat of scholarship, had long been overhyped. Early Editions, 1768 to early 1800's.Sales: 168 million (1999 est.) NAIC: 51113 Book Publishers 51121 Software Publishers. Discover encyclopedia articles, multimedia, primary sources, games, and other learning resources that support student research, classroom exploration, and curriculum standards.Encyclopedia Britannica. Welcome to Britannica School, a safe, up-to-date, and age-appropriate information resource for Primary, Middle and Secondary School.

The 8th was the first to authorize an American publisher to produce sets,And sales began to increase. The 7th was made in the UKOnly, like the others, and still the sales were low, so this edition is veryRare. The 7th through 9thEditions were produced by A.

A search on abebooks.com usually reveals copies of the 4th, 5th or 6th editions for sale, in various conditions, and sells for $3,000Of 1788-1797, in 18 volumes, is rare but not nearly as rare as the fourth.Complete sets, leather bound, continued to be produced for several years inEdinburgh after the writing was completed. The 5th and 6th editions were merely reprints of the 4th. By theCompletion of this edition, both of the men who founded the encyclopedia, Colin MacfarquharAnd Andrew Bell, had passed away, and the future of Britannica looked bleak, but itWas saved by Archibard Constable, who bought it and produced the 5th and 6thMarketing them. Let us discuss the firstOf 1801-1810, is very rare, as only 4,000 sets were printed. It was the 9th edition that was the first toBe mass-marketed, and sets of the 9th are quite common, and later editions are more common still.

Only 1,500 copies were produced, and most were soldIn magazine format to subscribers, who may or may not have brought theirMagazines to bookbinders. Rare, but not extremely rare.Edition, of 1777-1784, in 10 volumes, is the rarest edition. The 3rd edition, by itself, is about as common as the 4th, 5th, and 6th added together. These prices are typical of what one sees forThis splendid edition. The differences in priceReflect conditions of the copies.

The Library ofCongress in Washington, DC does NOT have a copy, although WorldCat lists4 public libraries in the world that do (British National L., Boston Athenaeum,The National L. It is unknown how many copies of this edition still exist. Rulon Miller of rulon.com,A rare book seller who specializes in reference books and has been in businessFor many years, has stated that he has never seen a copy, and has never seen oneListed for sale. In a search of rare book stores andAuction sites, the second edition always draws a blank. They are extremely rare.a search on abebooks.comOn Jfound no copy of the second edition for sale. The customer was expected to bring them to bookbinders, which was expensive,Which of course means most copies were unlikely to have been saved for 233 years.No complete sets dated 1784 were produced, as the volumes were printed one at a time and dated the year they came out.

A guess might be $30,000 for thisOf 1768-1771, in 3 volumes, is very rare. It is unknown what one might expect to pay for a complete set in decent condition. Also, 17 Universities have copies, making a total of 22 known sets inPlus this one, which we include scans of here.

OfCourse, excellent copies with their original bindings would command the highestPrice, but that is not likely to occur in leather-bound books of this age, asLeather decomposes. The first edition isCommonly found in libraries, but they almost always have the reproduction set in the stacks.In pricing these books, condition is everything. A good-quality replica of this edition, produced in 1971 byBritannica, and again several times thereafter, has been in circulation in largeNumbers and is readily available, usually for around $50 to $100. The other was for a single volume, and was $5,000.One can expect to pay $25,000 for a complete set of 3 volumes in niceCondition. One was volumes 1 and 3 only, andThe price was $9,500. The search of abebooks.com onJuly 15, 2011, found only 2 copies for sale, and both were incomplete sets.

Sets with missing pages or plates are ofInterest to collectors, and incomplete sets and single volumes are of low value, but shouldBe saved for people who might also have incomplete sets and perhaps can produceI will make some scans and photos from the second edition now.Below is a photo of the 1st and 2nd editions together. ThePaper is often, even in the most worn sets,Excellent, as Britannica used high quality linen rag paper, which can stay inAlmost perfect condition for centuries.

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