In fair condition. 11th Edition exhibits the most wear with chipped heads and tails of spines and dulled green cloth. Vol. I's head of spine exhibits the most exposed binding. General shelf-wear and soiling to spines; gilt lettering moderately dulled but still legible. Vol. I's rear gutter split with exposed binding mesh. Many front & rear end-pages are bent and torn. Editions 12 & 13's binding remains cleaner, but still exhibits light shelf-wear. Heads and tails of 12 & 13th editions are bumped, but remain intact. Plates, fold-outs, and maps remain intact & presentable. All bindings are intact, some hinges fragile. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing.
The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911) is a 29-volume reference work, an edition of the The Encyclopædia Britannica. It was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication.Modern scholars have deemed some articles as cultural artifacts of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Additionally, the 11th edition has retained considerable value as a time capsule of scientific and historical information, as well as scholarly attitudes of the era immediately preceding WWI.
The eleventh edition introduced a number of changes of the format of the Britannica. It was the first to be published complete, instead of the previous method of volumes being released as they were ready. The print type was kept in galley proofs and subject to continual updating until publication. It was the first edition of Britannica to be issued with a comprehensive index volume in which was added a categorical index, where like topics were listed. It was the first not to include long treatise-length articles. Even though the overall length of the work was about the same as that of its predecessor, the number of articles had increased from 17,000 to 40,000. It was also the first edition of Britannica to include biographies of living people.