The New universal handbook of necessary information for home, school, shop and office
By: practically arranged for ready reference by Will H. Johnston ... assisted by a large corps of experts; including a new dictionary--on a new plan, edited by William Dodge Lewis ... and Edgar Arthur Singer, Jr
Publisher: Universal Book and Bible House
Published: 1925
Place of publication: Philadelphia; Chicago [etc.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries; English language; Dictionaries
Notes: Salesman's canvassing book.

Pagination: [2], i-vii, xv, xvii, [2], 6, 10, 14, 25, 40, 68, [1], 76, 87, 92, 104, 134, 145, 239, 279, 297, [2], 314, 321, 332, 335, 337, 340, 345, 347, 358, 360, 362, 372, 375, 386, 389, 398-399, 406, 415, 465, 487, 503, 561, 571, 580, 585, 657, 662, 681, 720, 726, 730, [1], 731, 733, 742-743, 745, 747, 750-751, 754, [1], 755, 760, 766, 770, 778-779, 783, [1], 793, 796, 798, 801, 803, 805, 807, 812, 820, [1], 821, 824, 826, 834, 840, [1], 842, 846, 850, 852, 854,, [1], 855, [1], 856, 859-861, 863, 867, 869, [1], 870-872, 874-875, 879, 881-883, [1], 887, 891, 893, [1], 903, 905, 912, [1], 914, 915, 917, 920-921, [1], 925-926, 932-933, 939, 943, 947, 949, 951, [1], 952, 957, 960, [1], 962, [1], 964, 969, 972, [1], 976, 982, 984, 987, 989, 991, 993, [1], 996, [1], 999, 1008-1011, [1], 1012, 1015, 1017, 1020, 1023, [1], 1024, [1], 1027, 1029, 1034, [1], 1035, 1040, 1045-1046, [8], 11, [1] p., [11] leaves of plates.

Unnumbered pages of publisher's advertisements scattered throughout the volume. Final leaf of plates is an advertisement illustrating and detailing the edition of which this is a canvassing book.

Rare Book copy: [8] p. of ruled subscription pages and 11 p. of "Confidential instructions to representatives of the New Universal Handbook" at end. Subscription pages blank.

Gift of Jane Rodgers Siegel, July 28, 2008