11 Leather Book 1899 New Americanized Encyclopedia Britannica Latest Edition Lot

7 inch by 9 1/2 inch by 1 3/4 inch

Overall Weight: 31 pounds

11 volumes 1899 copyright "New Americanized Encyclopedia Britannica Latest Edition a Dictionary of Arts Sciences and Literature with many articles by special writers".

"Revised to date fully illustrated with over one hundred colored maps."

Edited by WH Depuy DD LLD and Corps of Eminent Writers.

George M Hill Co Chicago

Copyright by The Werner Company Printers and Binders Akron Ohio.

 A very curious leather bound incomplete set with some of the original Notice How To Open Book inserts.

Marbling on inside and back cover.

A volume or so is missing and the later volumes seem to start the alphabet over for some reason.

With several colored fold out maps and black and white illustrations.

The covers show shelf wear on the corners and some on the surface with a spot of damage here and there.

The edge of some maps have a fold at edge that folds into center.

No age spots on pages.

There is a dog ear page here and there.

The pages are very clean overall with a small stain at top here and there.

A map or so is folded off center and sticks out of bottom of book.

Volume I - A-AUG good condition with some cover wear and a small hole on cover

Volume II - AUG-CAP good condition with some cover wear and a small hole on cover

Volume IV - DEL-FDA good condition with some cover wear

Volume VI - HOS-LID good condition with some cover wear and a small hole on cover

Volume VII - LID-OCE good condition with some cover wear and two small holes on cover

Volume VI - OCE-SAR good condition with some cover wear

Volume IX - SAR-TON good condition with some cover wear

Volume X - TON-ZYM cover has some stains and back cover surface tear and 5 pages or so dog earred

Volume XI - AAC-BURR cover in poor condition with split on spine and boards warped but pages in good condition, staing on page 305

Volume XIII - FEU-LIN in good condition with cover wear and cover stains

Volume XV - RICH-ZYL good condition with some cover wear and small hole on cover