The Columbia encyclopedia of useful knowledge
By: by Marshall Everett
Publisher: Globe Association
Published: 1907
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries; Dummies (Bookselling); Specimens
Notes: "The book of a thousand startling wonders"--At head of title.

"A complete library of universal knowledge, condensed into one volume, the culmination of centuries of human efforts. Showing the newest and most wonderful inventions and the world's great progress in science and commerce. The great industries of the world photographed and explained. Showing the wonderful mechanical methods of this century. Including a complete index and a valuable list of review questions for home study. Superbly illustrated with a vast number of engravings made from photographs. Explaining and beautifying the text."

A bookseller's sample, consisting of plates and specimen pages, with publishing proposal and ledger pages at end for recording subscriptions. Publisher's red cloth over boards, stamped in blind and gold.