First To Fourth Editions
The First Edition was published in 31 volumes from 1907 to 1917. Since then, new editions have been launched at intervals of about 20 to 30 years.
The Second Edition was published in 37 volumes from 1932 to 1941. The Editor-in-Chief was Viscount Hailsham. The managing editor of the Second Edition was Sir Roland Burrows. The second and subsequent editions of the encyclopaedia took the name of the said Earl of Halsbury.
The Third Edition was published in 43 volumes from 1952 to 1964. The general editor was Lord Simonds.
The Fourth Edition was published in 56 volumes from 1973 to 1987. The Editor-in-Chief was Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone. The Editor-in-Chief of volumes reissued from August 1998 onwards was Lord Mackay of Clashfern.
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Famous quotes containing the words fourth and/or editions:
“The fourth day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Four colly birds,”
—Unknown. The Twelve Days of Christmas (l. 13–15)
“The next Augustan age will dawn on the other side of the Atlantic. There will, perhaps, be a Thucydides at Boston, a Xenophon at New York, and, in time, a Virgil at Mexico, and a Newton at Peru. At last, some curious traveller from Lima will visit England and give a description of the ruins of St Paul’s, like the editions of Balbec and Palmyra.”
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