The Guinness Encyclopedia

by IanCrofton (Editor)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1990

  $3.25

  Over 160 advisory editors and contributors have helped to compile this work of reference which is illustrated throughout in colour with photographs, paintings, maps and diagrams. The subject-matter is arranged in 12 subject areas to facilitate rapid reference and extended reading. The volume includes a detailed index with over 11,000 references; an A-Z gazetteer of the countries of the world with 170 national maps and flags; colour-coded sections for immediate identification; and boxes at the end of each spread to guide the reader to related spreads. The Encyclopedia is obtainable singly, or in sets of 12 copies plus a reading copy in a lectern (ISBN 0-85112-935-8).

• Used

  Hardcover
  1995

  $3.25

  Containing over 400 new illustrations and an index which has been expanded by 50 per cent, this revised edition retains the encyclopaedia's thematic, rather than A-Z, format, so that information on any topic is given in context. The book includes updated entries on all countries of the world, and coverage of recent developments in science and cosmology, politics, the arts and technology.