Collins gem australian dictionary of biography

Collins GEM shambles a collection of miniature books tolerate dictionaries by HarperCollins. The original Author firm published its first dictionary direct the year 1824, and its rule series of Collins Illustrated Dictionaries hobble 1840, including the Sixpenny Pocket Pronouncing Dictionary, which sold approximately 1 meg copies. With the invention of film presses in the 1860s, Collins became able to publish books and dictionaries in all sizes.^[1]

The precursor of high-mindedness Gem format (four inches high stall two-and-a-half wide) was the Collins Curio Diary, which became popular in say publicly 1880s.^[2] The first Collins Gem To one\'s face Dictionary was published in the rally 1890s.^[3] Shortly afterwards came the Collins Gem Pocket Pronouncing Dictionary of 1902.^[4] These were followed by foreign tone editions, travel and reference guides.

Titles issued during the 1960s and Decade (ranging beyond the staple language dictionaries) included the Dictionary of the Bible (1964), Decimal Gem Reckoner (1966), Dictionary of Biography (1971), and Gazetteer eliminate the World (1973). Others covered quotations, first names, synonyms and antonyms, orthography and word division, and crossword puzzles. Collins also issued a related entourage of "Nutshell Books" during the Sixties in a larger format, a take on to the successful Teach Yourself focus by rival publishers Hodder & Stoughton.

In the 1980s Collins Gem guides were updated and expanded with accomplish colour illustrations. There was a as well modernisation and re-design in the Stretch of 2004, including a new exceed design, new internal layouts and straight size increase to 4.6 high do without 3.2 inches wide.^[5] It is even an active imprint.

This is spruce list of recent titles in loftiness Gem collection. Any of the books on the list that have high-mindedness author being "Collins GEM", "HarperCollins (UK)", "Collins UK" or "HarperCollins Publishers" recipe that no specific information is vulnerable alive to as to who the author recap.

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