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Originally Posted by johnsjmc
I had a 1911 set ,that were my grandfather,s . They were beautifully bound in suede and the pages were thin as tissue paper. There were whole chapters on diregible (sp.? balloon) design but little or nothing on airplanes. I poured over them as a child.
I kept them for years but sadly threw them away a couple years ago. I had loaned a couple to my brothers ex girlfriend for a high school project and they were never returned. If they had any collector value I am sure a part set wasn,t worth much.
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One can never underestimate the predictability of STUPIDTY...
The 1911 edition of EB is the pinacle of scholarship that they never attained again...WW1 killed off a lot of the contributeres....As such it has a great deal of collectability...
I have that set and am missing one volume...
LOL..SHALL WE TRY $3500.00
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=1094916404&searchurl=sortby%3D1%26tn%3Dencyclopedia%2Bbritann ica%26x%3D74%26y%3D11
Now don't we feel like an idiot...