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Readers will inevitably disagree with the selection of classic books which I have described. This is an invitation to add your own essay on an outstanding classic book of your choice, missing from this collection. A prize of £100 will be awarded for the best entry received. If 'A Universe of Books' is reprinted, the winning essay will be added to the text and the author credited. Entries must be no longer than 1000 words. They will be judged by a panel of three: Peter Whitfield, Valerie Ravenstone, and Jonathan Wooding. The result will be announced in January 2008. Submissions must be sent as typed copy only by post to Wychwood Editions.

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Peter Whitfield is also the author of:

Cities of the World: A History in Maps
Landmarks in Western Science
Sir Francis Drake
London: A Life in Maps
Astrology: A History
New Found Lands: Maps in the History of Exploration
The Image of the World
The Charting of the Oceans
Grassic Gibbon and his World
The Grolier History of Science, 10 Volumes
The Mapmakers: A History of Stanfords