The French publisher Editions Grund has announced that the first-ever
English edition of the celebrated Benezit Dictionary of Artists will be
released in the coming weeks as a 14-volume set. Previously published in
French only as Benezit: Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs,
dessinateurs et graveurs, and commonly known as "the
Benezit," this standard reference work is being extensively updated
for publication in English. Libraries should be aware that the publisher
is offering the title at a special discounted price of 980 Euros to
booksellers who place their orders prior to the publication's release,
which is tentatively scheduled for March 2006. Upon release, the
publisher's list price increases to 1,190 Euros.
We have already alerted many of our approval plan and firm-order clients
of this impending deadline, and we apologize for this duplicate posting.
However, as we will be ordering only enough sets to fill the advance
orders we receive, we wanted to alert other libraries who might be
interested in the set but were unaware of the publisher's special
pre-publication offer. Worldwide Books will soon be placing our bulk
order with Editions Grund, and we ask that any libraries interested in
acquiring the title at the discounted price through Worldwide Books to
please submit their order to us by February 17th. Please note that the
publisher is offering the same terms to all booksellers, and that
Worldwide is not the sole source for this
publication.
A description of the title follows, and more information can be found on
the special Web site the publisher has established for this title
(www.benezit.com). Worldwide also has limited copies of an 8-page
promotional brochure supplied to us by Editions Grund that we would be
happy to forward to interested libraries upon request.
Publisher's Description:
"The Benezit has constantly changed with the times. Since 1911,
it has evolved and improved, becoming both a practical and indispensable
reference guide. Over the past five years, a highly skilled and dedicated
team of over 150 translators, editors and art historians have been
working to complete an English edition of this monumental work. More than
a simple translation, it has been revised, adapted and updated to serve a
wider audience. [The most recent French-only edition was released in
1999.] Reflecting the international nature of the dictionary and its
readership, this English edition marks a milestone in the history of
Benezit. Thousands of new entries have been added to reflect current art
trends and innovations."
International in scope and covering all time periods, the publication is
one of the most comprehensive listings of artists available, featuring
more than 170,000 detailed biographical entries accompanied by selected
bibliographies, lists of museum collections with holdings by the artists,
and representative auction prices, as well as sample signatures for
thousands of the artists listed.
Advance publication details:
14 Volumes
Trimmed page size: 215 x 149 mm.
20,608 pages in all
Cloth binding
ISBN 2-7000-3070-2
Please note: the Benezit Dictionary is only available in printed form (no
CD-ROM or Internet version is planned).
Pre-publication price: 980 Euros
After publication the publisher's list price
increases to 1,190 Euros
Due date: March 2006
Pre-publication deadline for orders placed through Worldwide Books:
February 17, 2006
Orders can be placed by contacting our
Customer Service office by phone, fax or email, or through our Web site,
where the title is listed as Worldwide Stock Number 119911.
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- Phone: 800-473-8146
- Fax: 607-272-0239
- Web:
www.worldwide-artbooks.com
Please note:
· Worldwide Books will be purchasing the Benezit on a non-returnable basis from Editions Grund and therefore will be unable to accept library returns on this title.
· Worldwide will be billed by the publisher in Euros, and because currency rates-of-exchange fluctuate daily, we cannot quote a firm U.S. dollar price at this time. However, Worldwide will honor the publisher's pre-publication price (announced as 980 Euros, or approximately $1,235 at current exchange rates), and will invoice clients at a fair and favorable U.S. dollar equivalent at the time of release.
Sincerely,
Kelly Fiske
_________________________
Mr. Kelly M. Fiske, Director
Worldwide Books
1001 West Seneca Street
Ithaca, NY 14850 USA
Phone (607) 272-9200, ext. 16
Fax (607) 272-0239
US & Canadian orders 1-800-473-8146
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