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The hugely successful Cambridge Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive single-volume encyclopedia available.

'...a massive production and very thorough...the work is to be praised as a triumph of publishing technology.' ANTHONY BURGESS, The Observer

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The Cambridge Encyclopedia

New Updated Edition
Edited by David Crystal
Hardback 1488 pp.
£29.95
ISBN 0-521-44429-2

The Cambridge Concise Encyclopedia

New Updated Edition
Edited by David Crystal
1994 234 x 156mm 972 pp.
£17.95
ISBN O-521-47161-3

The Cambridge Paperback Encyclopedia

New Updated Edition
Edited by David Crystal
1994 238 x 156 mm 972 pp.
£9.95
ISBN O-521-47733-6

Now thoroughly revised and updated, The Cambridge Concise Encyclopedia and The Cambridge Paperback Encyclopedia remain the most comprehensive portable reference books available. With clear, easy-to-read entries - nearly 20,000 of them on all topics - they contain the essential information for the l990s. Special attention has been paid to new scientific, cultural and sporting achievements and to the recent developments in the European Community, Yugoslavia, Somalia, Germany, and South Africa.

Over 19,000 entries
Over 750,000 words
l00-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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