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Running Press Cyclopedia : the portable, visual encyclopedia / the Diagram Group.
LIBRA - Running Press Collection Running Press Miniatures Box 38 Book 18
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Diagram Group, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Picture dictionaries.
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries.
- picture dictionaries.
- Penn Provenance:
- Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)
- Physical Description:
- 638 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 14 cm
- Other Title:
- Portable, visual encyclopedia
- Running Press encyclopedia
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, PA : Running Press, 1993.
- Contents:
- Preface
- How to Use the Cyclopedia
- Part One: The World. Section 1: The Earth; Section 2: Mapping; Section 3: The Weather; Section 4: The Environment; Section 5: World Population; Section 6: Religions
- Part Two: Countries of the World. Section 1: Population and Wealth; Section 2: Countries
- Part Three: History
- Part Four: Science. Section 1: The Universe; Section 2: Mathematics; Section 3: Physics; Section 4: Chemistry; Section 5: Biology; Section 6: Human Life; Section 7: Inventions; Section 8: How Things Work
- Part Five: The Arts. Section 1: Chronologies; Section 2: Visual Arts; Section 3: Performing Arts
- Part Six: The United States.
- Notes:
- "Including 20,000 Facts 800 Illustrations"--Cover.
- "Originally published by HarperCollins Publishers under the title Collins Gem Encyclopedia"--Title page verso.
- "Cover design by Toby Schmidt"--Title page verso.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Running Press Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.
- Running Press copy is "1" printing.
- ISBN:
- 1561383430
- 9781561383436
- OCLC:
- 29456070
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