1951 Britannica Book Of The Year. A Comprehensive and Authentic Graphic-Factual Portrayal of World-Wide Events of the Year 1950

by Yust, Walter (editor)

1st edition

Price: $20.00
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Book desription: Chicago, , 1951. 1st edition. Cloth w/ dj. A fine copy in vg. orig. dj. w/ hole on dj spine near bottom. Almost never seen in orig. dj at all & such a bright tight unused copy & scarce thus, esp. w/ all the laid-in orig. leaflets. 4to. 8 5/8 x 11 1/8 in. All of the news events & all personalities important & minor that made news from the year 1950, arranged in encyclopedia fashion. 400 photos. 600 contributors. 1,000 articles. Numerous statistical tables & graphs. Published by the Encyclopedia Britanninica as a supplement matching volume to the encyclopedia. Dj indicates publ. price of this Yearbook is $12. Beginning of volume has detailed day to day diary of all event in U.S. & worldwide for all of 1950. Also with many notable entries include "Automobile Industry" (w/ 6 photos of new models), "Military Aviation" (w/ 6 photos of new jets),, "Civil Aviation", "Baseball" (2 1/2pp. & several photos on 1950 season), "Jet Propulsion" (w/ new jet fighter developments & a photo of McDonnell XF-88), early Mccarthyism, "Korean War" (over 3pp. w/ several photos), New York City (new buildings, polit. & social hist. & events), events in Kashmir, the situation in divided Germany, Cold War news in every aspect, the Truman Presidency, U.S. politics, labor, manufacturing, "Television" (over 1/2 pg. w/ discussion of new color TVs), over 6pp. w/ photos on United Nations 1950 actions, about 8pp. on U.S. w/ internal & external events, political history, national security, U.S. business & economy, list of the entire U.S. Congress, obituaries of notable persons who died in 1950, plus much more. The very best contemporary examination of the events of 1950. W/ laid-in Ency. Brit. Publ. ad leaflets.

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