work of reference
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The accessibility and the miraculous compactness of this set are bound to be its huge selling point; as a handy work of reference, certainly, it's hard to fault.
From The Guardian • Apr. 17, 2013
But that is precisely the accolade bestowed upon it by the Miele Guide � a recently launched work of reference that aspires to be to Asia what the Michelin is to Europe.
From Time Magazine Archive
A most valuable work of reference is Mr. Edward Edwards's Report on the formation of the Manchester Free Library, which was printed in 1851.
From How to Form a Library, 2nd ed by Wheatley, Henry Benjamin
It is an incomparable work of reference, for home or school. 1,000 6x9 pages, nearly 1,000 illustrations, 12 folding plates.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred
The "Circle of the Sciences" will thus, by the aid of copious Analytical Indices, combine all the advantages of an Encyclop�dia, as a work of reference, without the irksome repetition which alphabetical arrangements necessarily involve.
From Notes and Queries, Number 213, November 26, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Bell, George
