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Waikato Argus, Volume VIII, Issue 569, 10 February 1900, Page 3

Notices. beauty, that no one who can afford to dress the best of books in the best of bindings will heaitite to select the . ioher form of the ENCYCLOPEDIA HR 11 AN.xICA. The leather employed in the full morocco and half morocco landing is genuine goat skin, sumach-tanned. This leather, clear in colour, elastic and soft, yet firm and tine in main, and texture, ‘ resists wear and tear and the action of gas and heated air better than rmy-otlu r leather. ’ —[Ency. Brit., vol. xiv., p. 538 ] The full morocco binding is, technically considered, an exquisite production. The backs arc double sewn on tour bands and the quires are hand-folded. The cover boards are piessed and lined to make the binding solid, and are squared and hand-cut by guillotine. I he books are entirely forwarded by hand with hollow backs and fine silk headbands set solid. For purchasers who elect to make serial payments for the work, the better bindings make no more urgent a call upon the purse than do the cloth binding. The monthly payments are in any case the same, and only a little more perseverance is called for in the case of the leather bindings than in the case of the cloth binding. UNABRIDGED AND UNALTERED. The Ninth Edition of the ENCYCLOPEDIA HRITANNICA, completed in 1889, which “The Times” has reprinted, is universally recognised as the most complete and perfect of works of reference. “The Times” Reprint is in every respect the same as the copies already sold at the higher price; it is what booksellers call a new impression, not a changed edition. There has tern no condensation, no abridgment, no omission. Every woid, every illustration, every map, every element of value is preserved intact; there is not the most minute cheapening of the product to offset against the remarkable diminutio i of the price. No steps will b* taken towards preparing a tenth edition for many years, and when a new edition is undertaken, it will require at least 12 or 15 years to complete it The present edition (the 9th), with the supplement now in preparation, will therefore be the national standard work of reference for at least 15 or 20 years to come. THE OEEER. The sensation of the bookselling season in London, the remarkable offer of “THE TIMES” Reprint of the ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNIOA (Ninth Edition), is already known to residents in New Zealand who read “The Times.” No fewer than 15,000 copies of the massive work were printed, but applications were received in rapid succession for more than 21,000, Widespread disappointment was occasioned by the enforced refusal of a great number of orders, and residents in Now Zealand wore, owing to the delay in communicating with London, peculiarly unfortunate in this respect. What “ The Times” did for residents in England, it now proposes to do for residents in New Zealand. Arrangements have been made for a limited number of copies for distribution in New Zealand. The price and terms upon which these copies may be obtained are stated in detail below, and immediate application should be made by persons who desire to avail themselves of this extraordinary opportunity. The price at which the work is offeivd is in itself a phenomenal one, and the conditions of sale are such as to m iterially enhance the advantages presented by the arrangement. The briefest statement of these conditions will be sufficient. Below will be found a full statement of the plan of payments, also the further de'ails regarding the various styles of binding, &o. SPECIAL TO INTENDING PURCHASERS. Letters and telegrams have been received from various parts of New Zealand enquiring how long it will take for the ENCACLOPEDIA BRITANNICA to arrive from London. In reply to such, we desire to state that all shipments are made direct from Wellington, where a sufficient quantity of dock for filing IMMEDIATE orders is in hand. Those who make prompt application, therefore, can have their books supplied AT ONCE. Temporary Prices until February 20th. 'l7 Monthly Payments of Oue Guinea each, or, if 'Cash in full accompanies the order ... £l7 ■Publishers* Price for this . style of Binding, £37 22 Monthly Payments of One Guinea each, or, if Cash in Full accompanies the order .. £22 Publishers’ Price for this , Style of Binding, £45 '29 Monthly Payments of One Guinea each, or, if Cash in Full accompanies the order ... £29 Publishers’ Price for this style of Binding, £65 The Sets will be Delivered to Subscribers Carefully Sealed in Tinlined Cases. The first 500 Subscribers in New Zealand will receive their Sets Delivered Free of Cost as far as Wellington. Order Form—Cash Payment. Subscribers who elect to send Cheque in full with the order have the advantage ol an additional saving of one shilling in the guinea, as shown above, and no order form ia required. Cheques should be drawn to the order of the Bank of New South Wales, Wellingtoq, and sent to Tub Times (London), New Zealand Office, at Government Life Buildings, Wellington, N.Z. ORDER FORM-MONTHLY PAYMENT(Date) To the Manager The Times (London), New Zealand Office, Government Life Insurance Buildings, Wellington. I enclose One Guinea. Please send me The Times Reprint of the Encyclopedia Britannica (9lh Ed.). {(«) CLOTH, for which I agree to make to you, or to anyone you may appoint, 16 additional monthly payments of one guinea each (b) HALF MOROCCO, for which I agree to make to you, or to anyone you may appoint, 21 additional monthly payments of one guinea each (c) PULL MOROCCO, for which I agree to make to you, or to anyone you may appoint, 28 additional mom lily payments of one guinea each my next payment upon delivery of the complete volumes, and ray succeeding payments on the corresponding day of each mouth following. Until such payments are complete, I engage that the volumes remain your property, and shall not be disposed of by sale or otherwise. I further agree that if, owing to unforeseen circumstances, of which you shall be the judge, the volumes cannot be delivered, the return of this deposit of one guinea to me shall cancel this agreement. Idease also send a revolving Bookcase, for which I agree so make 1 strike out if Bookthree further monthly payments of one guinea each,after Jhe payments is uot deßired for the books arc complete. ) Signed [J.Q. 124, Waikato Argus] Address ga-jf books are to be delivered elsewhere than in Wellington, the purchaser shall add here the name of the carrier in Wellington to whom delivery is to be made. I [Strike out two of the paragraphs marked a, b, and c respectively, leaving the one which names the style of binding desired]. provision has been lade for the tilling of orders romptly posted, but applicants dio hesitate may find that the umber of Sets reserved for New lealand has been exhausted, and tiat the offer has been withdrawn, dthout further notice. CLOTH BINDING HALF MOROCCO, (which we recommend) FULL MOROCCO SPECIMEN PAGES FREE BY POST.

For the convenience of those who desire fuller information in regard to the ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, a pamphlet has been prepared containing specimen pages and brief extracts from the work. The pamphlet will be sent to any address post free upon application to “ The Times ” (London) New Zealand office as above.

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