Pears Cyclopaedia by L. Mary Barker

Pears Cyclopaedia

A book of reference and background information for everyday use

Seventy-third Edition 1964-65

Edited by L. Mary Barker

Pelham Books, 1964, coloured map plates, hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, some edge and shelf wear, some rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, no inscriptions, price clipped dustjacket shows edge and shelf wear with rubbing, bumping, creasing, chipping and small tears (see photographs)

“PEARS is a book of background information and reference for everyday use. It is published annually with new features and the revisions made necessary by the changing world in which we live.
In addition to the usual features that have made the book so popular in the past, the 73^rd edition contains a new section of timely interest – “Self, Society, and Work”.  This is an introduction to the study of human relations, now recognised as a subject of great interest and importance.  It has been prepared to give the reader a deeper understanding of himself and of the processes shaping modern society so tha the can interpret what is going on around him and in his own mind...”