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Pears Cyclopaedia was first produced in 1897, named Pears Shilling Cyclopaedia.  In its early days it  was produced 'as the demand requires', which meant 2 or 3 times per year. Each edition indicates the total number of copies produced - for example, the ninth edition indicates the completion of 500,000 copies.

Sometime after this the edition number seems to have been dropped, with the Cyclopaedia referring only to the number of editions completed e.g. edition completing 900,000 copies.

1st edition (1897) (Facsimile reprint shown)	2nd edition (1898) ???? copies Includes result of 1897 boat race	3rd edition (1898) ???? copies Includes result of 1898 boat race	4th Edition (????) ???? copies	5th Edition (????) ???? copies
6th Edition (1902)  300,000 copies Includes result of 1902 boat race	7th Edition (1903) 1st issue - 350,000 copies? 2nd issue - 400,000 copies Includes result of 1902 boat race	8th Edition (1906) 450,000 copies Includes result of 1906 boat race	9th Edition (1907) 500,000 copies Includes result of 1907 boat race	10th Edition (1908/09) 550,000 copies
11th Edition (1910) 600,000 copies ???? Events to August 1910	12th Edition (1911) 650,000 copies	13th Edition (1912) 700,000 copies Events to December 1911	14th Edition (1913) 800,000 copies Events to January 1913	15th Edition (1913) 900,000 copies Events to June 1913
16th Edition (1913) 1,000,000  copies Events to Oct. 1913	17th Edition (1914) 1,100,000  copies Events to Dec. 1913	18thEdition (1915) 1,200,000 copies Events to Feb. 1915	19th Edition (1915) 1,300,000 copies Events to Sept. 1915	20th Edition (1916) 1,400,000 copies Events to Feb. 1916
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