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The print edition
View a sample page here.
From February 2009: The Oxford DNB is available at the new reduced price of £1500 or $2500. For more information please
see our order page.
- In print form the Oxford DNB consists of 60,000 pages in sixty volumes, together with a free copy of the index of contributors (also for sale separately).
- The complete set takes up 12 feet, or 3.6 metres, of shelf space.
- The text is printed on acid-free paper; this means that it fulfils the ANSI US longevity requirements.
- There are 10,000 portrait illustrations, shown next to the relevant biographies.
- The trimmed page size is 246 x 189 mm. Including the boards the books will be 252 mm high x 192 mm wide and spine
width will be roughly 56 mm.
Contributors to the Oxford DNB receive a 40% discount on this price, making the 60-volume print edition available at £900 or $1500. More details.
March 2009: publication of the dictionary's first print supplement, the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2001-2004. This volume includes entries on more than 800 men and women who died between 2001 and 2004, extending the 60-volume print edition into the twenty-first century. Further information is available on ordering within the UK, Europe, and the rest of the world and in North and South America.
Contributors to the Oxford DNB receive a 40% discount on this price, making the supplement volume available at £57 or $90. More details.
If you would like to receive a booklet showing a selection of articles in the book, printed on the correct paper
and demonstrating the layout, please contact us.
Why buy a sixty-volume print set when the dictionary is available online?
- The work itself. The DNB is one of the fundamental reference points for the exploration
of English-speaking cultures, and many others. Now completely refreshed and greatly extended, it redefines
a shared historical and cultural landscape for all those who provide access to research resources, as well as for
researchers themselves, in practically any discipline.
- The DNB is one of the most famous books in English. The new Oxford DNB will take its place as
a modern classic. In book form it will remain your permanent archive, impervious to technical change, and
will be seen as a historical landmark for the next hundred years.
- The online version complements the printed book. While the online edition makes light of searching and navigation,
many readers still prefer to read longer articles in a printed book, especially when the biographies have the literary
quality that has always been a hallmark of the DNB. Purchasing the Oxford DNB in print gives you
the best of both worlds.
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