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The Cambridge Concise Encyclopedia
New updated edition
2nd Edition
- Author: David Crystal
- Date Published: July 1994
- availability: Unavailable - out of print April 1997
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521471619
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Revised and updated for this new edition, The Cambridge Concise Encyclopedia is a superb, rapid-response reference tool for home, school and office – in fact wherever quick answers are required. Its clear, easy-to-read entries – nearly 20,000 of them on all topics – contain the essential information for the 1990s. The Cambridge Concise Encyclopedia is not only the most comprehensive and up-to-date portable reference book available, it is also the most user-friendly – due to its wealth of maps, diagrams and its unique Ready-Reference section. No other book of its kind offers such superb value for money. • Over 19,000 entries • Over 750,000 words • 100-page Ready Reference section • 570 maps, panels and drawings • 26,000 cross-references enabling rapid information retrieval • Over 100 internationally-renowned contributors
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- Edition: 2nd Edition
- Date Published: July 1994
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521471619
- length: 965 pages
- dimensions: 241 x 166 x 58 mm
- weight: 1.569kg
- contains: 230 b/w illus. 176 maps 30 tables
- availability: Unavailable - out of print April 1997
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