RAN HSE ENCY.3ED Hardcover – October 1, 1990

Just as described! Good condition! Perfect transaction!Thank you!

Excellant product and transaction. I ordered this for a friend, and he's extremely satisfied.Thank you!

This is a used book. In great condition except for an inch and a half of the jacket cover is torn, which was not explained at the time of purchase. This is the only reason I marked 4 stars instead of 5. The book is worth the price I paid. Therefore, happy with the purchase.

This huge book was initially published by Mitchell Beazley in London during the early nineteen seventies. It was originally in ten volumes (the last two were the Alphapedia section in this book) and it presented knowledge primarily visually with beautiful illustrations and captions on each spread with an essay filling the top third of the spread. Random House revised the material for the American market but kept the basic spread format. I bought this revised 1990 edition recently because as a publication designer I thought it looked quite exceptional.Why would anyone buy this book with its contents available for free on the net? Firstly: you can buy a copy incredibly cheaply. Secondly: though it's all on the net you'll have to scroll around various websites to find all the information that's presented on individual spreads in this book,. Thirdly it's just a pleasure to read information beautifully presented in this book. The 2911 pages are in four sections: The universe; earth; life on earth; man; history and culture; man and science; man and machines (1823 pages) Time charts (49 pages) Alphapedia (905 pages) Atlas (130 pages).The only downside (apart from being incredibly bulky) is that the technology section is obviously hopelessly out of date but you can always use the net to check up on tech from 1990. You can look inside the book at Westread Book Reviews then click 2020 and September.

Imagine yourself as an obsessive Web-browsing knowledge hound: This reference book gives you an edge, because of the concise descriptions and easy access to related articles. The colorful illustrations and well-rounded explanations go right to the brain.Having used an earlier '70's edition in my youth, this reference book became a major gateway to my education. If you have a child, it is an astonishingly good tool to fuel the thirst for knowledge. My Random House Encyclopedia is used regularly, never seems to get old, and offers years of fascination for the hungry brain. For decades it has been one of the major reference books in my collection. This product is an amazing bang for the buck.

The product arrived quickly. The cover was torn but the book itself is intact so can't complain.