Books

(ed) Nineties knowledge (Edinburgh: Chambers/Singapore: Federal Publications, 1992), ix+182 pp. 0 550 17254 8; 981 01 2095 8

(ed) The Cambridge encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP, 1989), ix+1334+maps. 0 521 39528 3

(ed) The Cambridge encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP, 1994), 2nd edition viii+1347+maps. 0 521 44429 2

(ed) The Cambridge encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP, 1992), updated edition, ix+1334+maps. 0 521 43176 X

(ed) The Cambridge encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP, 1997), 3rd edn, vi+1303 pp+maps. 0 521 58459 0

(ed) The Cambridge encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP, 2000), 4th edn, vi+1336 pp+maps. 0 521 79099 9

(ed) Cambridge concise encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP, 1992), vi+962 pp.  0 521 41614 0

(ed) The Cambridge concise encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP, 1994), updated edition, viii+965 pp. 0 521 47161 3

(ed) The Cambridge concise encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP, 1995), 2nd edition, viii+1080 pp. 0 521 55049 1

(ed) The Cambridge paperback encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP, 1993), vi+965 pp. 0 521 43762 8

(ed) The Cambridge paperback encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP, 1995), 2nd edn viii+1080 pp. 0 521 55968 5

The Cambridge paperback encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP, 1999), 3rd edn, viii+1071 pp. 0 521 66800 X

(ed) The Cambridge factfinder (Cambridge: CUP, 1993), xx+841 pp. 0 521 45306 2

(ed) The Cambridge factfinder (Cambridge: CUP, 1994), revised edition xx+843 pp. 0 521 47124 9; paperback 0 521 46991 0; 81 85618 56 9; Slovenian translation, 1995, Cambridgeov podatkovnik (Ljubljana: DZS), xxiii+877 pp.  86 341 1386 8

(ed) The Cambridge factfinder (Cambridge: CUP, 1995), updated edition, xx+843 pp. 0 521 55140 4; paperback 0 521 55892 1

(ed) The Cambridge factfinder (Cambridge: CUP, 1997), 2nd edn xx+891 pp. 0 521 56597 9

(ed) The Cambridge factfinder (Cambridge: CUP, 1998), 3rd edn xx+891 pp. 0 521 56253 8; 0 521 63770 8

(ed) The Cambridge factfinder (Cambridge: CUP, 2000), 4th edn, xx+938 pp. 0 521 79435 8

(ed) The Cambridge biographical encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP, 1994), xi+1304 pp. 0 521 43421 1

(ed) The Cambridge biographical encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP, 1998), 2nd edn, xi+1179 pp. 0 521 63099 1

(ed) The Cambridge biographical dictionary (Cambridge: CUP, 1996), x+495 pp. 0 521 56780 7

(ed) The new Penguin encyclopedia (London: Penguin, 2002), x+1688 pp. 0 141 00917 9

(ed) The new Penguin factfinder (London: Penguin, 2003), xx+938 pp. 0 141 01109 2

(ed) The Penguin concise encyclopedia (London: Penguin, 2003), x+1028 pp. 0 141 01110 6

(ed) The Penguin encyclopedia (London: Penguin, 2004), 2nd edn. x+1698 pp. 0 140 51543 7

(ed) The Penguin book of facts (London: Penguin, 2004), xx+939 pp. 0 141 01857 7

(ed) The Penguin Concise Encyclopedia (London: Penguin Reference, 2005), x+1045 pp. 0 141 01706 6

(ed) Pocket spelling dictionary (London: Penguin Reference, 2005), xii+355 pp. 0 141 02110 1

(ed) Pocket quotations (London: Penguin Reference, 2005), vi+304 pp. 0 141 02112 8

(ed) Pocket facts (London: Penguin Reference, 2005), xii+436 pp. 0 141 02111 X

(ed) Pocket kings and queens (London: Penguin Reference, 2006), ix+351 pp. 0 141 02716 9

(ed) Pocket famous people (London: Penguin Reference, 2006), ix+346 pp. 0 141 02717 7

(ed) Pocket on this day (London: Penguin Reference, 2006), ix+367 pp. 0 141 02715 0

Articles and contributions

The encyclop(a)edic word game. English Today 22, 1990, 3-12

Editing it like it isn't. Publishing News, 1990

Editing an encyclopedia - features, facts and fantasies. The European Bookseller, 1, 64-6

On editing a modern cyclop(a)edia. Royal Institution Proceedings 64, 1992, 245-70

Edit it again, Sam. The Author 111(2), 82-3. [adaptation and update of 1990 article]

How to assemble an authoritative reference work. In How to Get Published: a Guide for Academics, Times Higher Education Supplement, January 2004, 16-21

Vice-presidential address to SfEP. In Editing Matters, Nov/Dec 2004, 1