“Webster’s New World Dictionary of the American Language” Published by The World Publishing Company, in Cleveland & New York; 1951. Encyclopedic Edition.

This overly huge, enormous hardcover Webster Deluxe New World Dictionary measures approximately 11” tall by 7.5” wide, with an impressive girth of over 5” thick! This massive trove of educationally valuable information is complete in one single, unabridged volume containing over 2,050 printed pages.

The majority of this volume is the massive Dictionary of the American Language, this volume includes a Guide for the Use of this Dictionary and a Table of the Abbreviations and Symbols Used in this Dictionary.

It also contains Encyclopedic Supplements, such as Tables of American Colleges and Universities, as well as Supplemental Dictionaries, such as a Pronunciation Dictionary of Common Given Names, Foreign Words and Phrases, a Dictionary of Synonyms, Antonyms, and Analogous Words.

American History Information includes the complete historical texts of the United States Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the United States, followed by the Charter of the United Nations. It includes Tables of the U.S. Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Cabinet Officers.

It contains Geographic Information about the World, including Population Figures and Statistics for the USA, Populations of Foreign Cities, Principal Geographic Features of the World, Distances between Cities, Forms of Address, Tables of Weights and Measurements, and Special Signs and Symbols.

This enormous volume also is beautifully illustrated with full-page plates in both black and white as well as in full color. It contains Maps of all over the World, as well as plates showing things such as the Flags of the United Nations, Wild Animals of North America, Birds of North America, Precious Stones, Common Flowers, Insects, Tropical Marine Life, Trees and Flowering Trees, and more.

This enormous dictionary is in exceptional condition considering its size, weight, and age. It has a remarkably clean exterior and an equally well-preserved interior. It is an extremely large book, bound in a burgundy cloth wrapper. The boards are still strong and clean, with mostly sharp corners. The text on the front cover and spine is still bright and easily legible. The extraordinarily thick binding is solid and intact with no loose or missing pages. The front end paper has evidence of a tear from the binding beginning to pull away from the front cover, although this has been repaired and the binding is secure. The spine is a bit loose, which is common in books of this enormous size and volume. It is still extraordinarily square and tight for its age and sheer weight. The pages seem to be clean and free of any markings (although each page wasn’t individually inspected). The 2,000+ pages included have alphabetical thumb tab indents along their fore-edge for easy word searches! This is a lovely collector’s item that would make stunning home or office decor. It is bound to find an honored spot on any bibliophile’s bookshelf!

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