Everyman's Encyclopaedia
Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia
An encyclopedia is a type of reference work, a compendium holding a summary of information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge....
published by Joseph Dent from 1913 as part of the Everyman's Library
Everyman's Library
Everyman's Library is a series of reprinted classic literature currently published in hardback by Random House. It was originally an imprint of J. M. Dent , who continue to publish Everyman Classics in paperback.J. M. Dent and Company began to publish the series in 1906...
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Editions
- 1913-4 - ed. Andrew Boyle, 12 vols. (London and New York: E.P. Dutton & co.)
- 1931-1933 - ed. Athelstan Ridgway; Eric John HolmyardEric John HolmyardEric John Holmyard was an English science teacher at Clifton College, and historian of science and technology.-Scholar:His scholarly work included rectification of accounts of the history of alchemy, particularly in relation with Islamic science. He translated texts from Arabic and Latin, and...
- 1949-51 - ed. Athelstan Ridgway
- 1958-9 - ed. Ernest Franklin BozmanErnest Franklin BozmanErnest Franklin Bozman is a British author and the editor of two editions of Everyman's Encyclopaedia.- Works :* Mountain essays * X plus Y : a novel * The traveller's return...
- 1967-8, reprint 1972 - ed. Ernest Franklin Bozman, twelve volumes
- 1978 - David A. Girling, twelve volumes. ISBN 0460040987;
In North American it was published as:
- Macmillan Everyman's Encyclopedia (fourth edition, 1958)
- International Everyman's Encyclopedia(fifth edition, 1967)
A 1986 edition called The New Illustrated Everyman's Encyclopaedia, edited by John Paxton
John Paxton
John Paxton was an American screenwriter.-Biography:Some of his films include Murder, My Sweet in 1944, Cornered in 1945, Crossfire in 1947...
, was published by Octopus Books, ISBN 0706425650.