A Complete Unbroken set of the Lakeside Classics from The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin to Nurse and Spy in the Union Army by Various Authors - 1903 to 2019

Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1903 to 2019. The first 25 volumes bound in dark green cloth covered boards (1903-1926) of this complete set are in very good to near fine condition. The exceptions to this average are the 1908 and 1910 printings of Memorable American Speeches I and Memorable American Speeches IV both of which are ex-library copies with the ghosts of spine labels and with penciled library notations otherwise in very good to very good+ conditions. The red cloth covered volumes (1927-1952) are generally between very good+ to fine conditions. The blue cloth covered volumes (1953-1977) are also in very good+ to fine conditions. The brown cloth covered volumes (1978-2002) are in very good+ to fine conditions with 13 titles still in their original shrink wrap. The 19 teal cloth covered volumes (2003-2019) are all in fine condition and with one exception are in their original shrink wrap. This is a remarkable, complete collection of all 119 volumes all of which are in collectible condition. Only 5 of the first 25 volumes have a prior owner's name or book plate. And one of the volumes (1919) has the signature of Thomas E. Donnelley on the third free end page.