Home University Library of Modern Knowledge

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The title page of the first book in the series, Parliament: Its History, Constitution and Practice by Courtenay Ilbert, 1911.

The Home University Library of Modern Knowledge was a series of popular non-fiction books from the first half of the twentieth century that ran to over 200 volumes. The authors were eminent scholars in their fields and included

Harold J. Laski, Hilaire Belloc, Bertrand Russell and John Masefield
.

Origins

The first book in the series was Parliament: Its History, Constitution and Practice by

H.A.L. Fisher and Gilbert Murray. The idea for the series came from George Herbert Perris who was the assistant editor.[2]

Bought by Oxford University Press

In 1928 the series was bought for £10,700 by

The World's Classics which reprinted great works of literary fiction.[2][3]

Later years

In 1966,[4] the series was renamed OPUS (Oxford Paperback University Series).[2] New titles continue to be published under that name by Oxford University Press.

See also

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-4917-5873-1
    .
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-0-19-951084-9
    .
  3. ISBN 978-0-19-956840-6
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  4. ISBN 978-0-19-822974-2
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