Tom W. Posted 25 January , 2008 Share Posted 25 January , 2008 Does anybody have his or her own copy of the Encyclopedia Britannica, 12th Edtion, the supplementary material published in 1922? It has a rare WWI illustration I'd like to use in a book I'm writing. It's a real pain arranging to photograph or scan books in libraries here in California, so if somebody has a copy and can make a high-resolution scan for me, I'd be grateful. And I'll send you a copy of the book if and when it's published. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bantamforgot Posted 25 January , 2008 Share Posted 25 January , 2008 Hello Tom. Won't the illustration be in later full editions of E B ? I have a 60's version .I understood supplements were incorporated in the next edition, not so?? Cheers. Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom W. Posted 25 January , 2008 Author Share Posted 25 January , 2008 Don't think so, because the information would change over the years. I'm interested in the article titled "Flamethrowers" from the 1922 supplement, which shows a 1915 model of weapon. Later editions of the encyclopedia would certainly update their imagery, I would think, and use pictures of modern devices rather than creaky old sputterers from the Great War. That's why I'm hoping someone out there has the 1922 supplement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Maier Posted 25 January , 2008 Share Posted 25 January , 2008 It is on CD here for $9.95 plus shipping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom W. Posted 25 January , 2008 Author Share Posted 25 January , 2008 Thanks, Clive, but I already bought that CD. It's a horrible-quality PDF, with microscopic text fractured into nearly illegible bits and smeary photos that look like fifth-generation photocopies. I guess I'll have to try a library after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Maier Posted 26 January , 2008 Share Posted 26 January , 2008 Sorry to hear that Tom. I thought I had found a winner for you. Maybe EB could help you with a scan. I expect you have tried a search of Google images? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom W. Posted 26 January , 2008 Author Share Posted 26 January , 2008 Clive: Yes, I tried Google, Dogpile, Yahoo, and some other search engines I'd never heard of. No luck. Someone told me that the Britannica people don't supply images that are now in the public domain. Don't know if that's true of not, but maybe I'll give it a try. Yesterday I found an Internet ad from December of last year, in which a school in Michigan was selling a complete set of the 1911 encyclopedia, with the three supplementary volumes, for $100. It's like missing the winning lottery number by one digit. Oh, well. Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norrette Posted 27 January , 2008 Share Posted 27 January , 2008 Tom, You could ask them where they (EB) got the image from - there should be a reference/byline as to its source and then you could go back to the originator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom W. Posted 28 January , 2008 Author Share Posted 28 January , 2008 npm: I'll contact the Britannia people this week. We'll see what happens. Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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