World's Great Books, The (Volumes I-V, missing volume 2) by Mee, Arthur & Hammerton, J. A. - editors - 1930

Mckinlay, Stone & Mackenzie, 1910. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Mckinlay, Stone & Mackenzie. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0.

New York: McKinlay, Stone & MacKenzie, 1910. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Hardcoer Book in Good Condition. No jacket, as issued. 1910 Publication of "The World's Greatest Books", Vol VIII of 20 volume set, a compendium of the world's best literature in a form accessible to everyone and still faithful to its originals. Navy cloth binding with lamp of knowledge embossed and blind-stamped on front, lamp of knowledge and panels gilt outlined on spine with gilt lettering; slightly soiled on front, with light edge-wear and spine end wear. Tight and solid and square with sewn binding. Light foxing on top edge. Pages clean, tanned, no underlining or marking of text. Frontis: Portrait of William Makepeace Thackeray. Includes works of Sir Walter Scott, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Sir Philip Sidney, Tobias Smollet, Mme. de Stael, Stendahl, Laurence Sterne, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Eugene Sue, Jonathan Swift, Thackeray, Tolstoy, Trollope, Turgenev, Verne Jules,… Read More

New York: McKinlay, Stone & MacKenzie, 1910. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book in Good Condition. No jacket, as issued. 1910 Publication of "The World's Greatest Books" Volume XII, of 20 volume set, is a compendium of the world's best literature in a form accessible to everyone and still faithful to its originals. Navy cloth binding with lamp of knowledge embossed and blind-stamped on front, lamp of knowledge and panels gilt outlined on spine with gilt lettering; pale bluish spotting on front, otherwise clean, with light edge-wear and spine end wear. Tight and solid and square with sewn binding. Text block edges foxed. Pages clean, occasional smudges, no underlining or marking of text. Frontis: Portrait of John Lothrop Motley. Writings by Sameul Eliot and W.H.Prescott on American History; Edward Hyde, Lord Macaulay, Henry Buckle and Walter Bagehot on England; Voltaire, de Tocqueville, Francois Mignet, Carlyle, Lamartine, H.A.Taine on France;… Read More

New York: McKinlay, Stone & MacKenzie, 1910. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book in Good Condition. No jacket, as issued. 1910 Publication of "The World's Greatest Books", Vol XIX, of 20 volume set, a compendium of the world's best literature in a form accessible to everyone and still faithful to its originals. Navy cloth binding with lamp of knowledge debossed and blind-stamped on front, lamp of knowledge and panels gilt outlined on spine with gilt lettering; boards lightly speckled all over-may be mottled; with light edge-wear and spine end wear. Tight and solid and square with sewn binding. Text block edges foxed; few foxing marks internally. Pages clean, no underlining or marking of text. Frontis: Portrait of James Boswell. Writings of James Boswell, Sir Samuel Baker, George Borrow, James Bruce, Sir Richard Burton, James Cook, Charles Darwin, Richard Hakluyt, Carolus Linnaeus, David Livingstone, Mungo Park, Bernadin de Saint Pierre,… Read More

New Y, New York, USA: McKinlay, Stone & MacKenzie, 1910. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book in Good Condition. No jacket, as issued. 1910 Publication of "The World's Greatest Books", Vol VI, of 20 volume set, a compendium of the world's best literature in a form accessible to everyone and still faithful to its originals. Navy cloth binding with lamp of knowledge embossed and blind-stamped on front, lamp of knowledge and panels gilt outlined on spine with gilt lettering; clean with one tiny white spot on front, unmarked, with light edge-wear and spine end wear. Tight and solid and square with sewn binding. Text block edges foxed. Pages clean, tanned, no underlining or marking of text. Frontis: Portrait of Edward Bulwer Lytton. Includes works of Edward Lytton Bulwer, Sheridan Le Faun, Rene Le Sage, Charles Lever, M G Lewis, Mrs. Lynn Linton, Henry Mackenzie, Count Xavier de Maistre, Sir Thomas Malory, Anne Manning, Alessandro Manzoni, Capt.… Read More

New York: McKinlay, Stone & MacKenzie, 1910. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6. Type: Hardback Hardcover in Good Condition. No jacket, as issued. 1910 Publication of "The World's Greatest Books", Vol III, of 20 volume set, a compendium of the world's best literature in a form accessible to everyone and still faithful to its originals. Navy cloth binding with lamp of knowledge embossed and blind-stamped on front, lamp of knowledge and panels gilt outlined on spine with gilt lettering; clean and unmarked with light edge-wear and spine end wear. Tight and solid and square with sewn binding. Text block edges heavily foxed. Pages clean, tanned, no underlining or marking of text. Frontis: Portrait of Charles Dickens. Includes works of Charles Dickens, Alphonse Daudet, Thomas Day, Daniel Defoe. Benjamin Disraeli, Alexandre Dumas. 343 pages. 7.5 x 5 inches. McKinlay, Stone & MacKenzie, New York, New York, USA

CArmelite House of London. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Cloth cover is heavily stained, heavy chipping, spine is taped because it is torn, pages separating from the spine.

Wise, 1910-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good.

London: Carmelite House, 1910 approx.. Hardcover. Good. Plates (colour frontis + illustrated titlepage) + 6 further colour plates by E. Wall-Cousins + 6 plates printed in various mono-tints.. Large octavo blue ribbed cloth with gilt spine (covers with slight marks of former damp but spine in bright gilt and no marking) half title + frontispiece + title +768pp.Cutting from Manchester Guardian 1 Decmber 1910 laid in. Contents clean, book tight, no loose pages, no tears. *Works grouped in 8 catagories: Fiction, Life/Letters, History, Philosophy/Religion, Science, Poetry/Drama, Travel/adventure and Miscellaneous. Within each section the works are in alphabetical order of author, so this volume includes A & B authors for 5 groups with Science A-G & Miscellaneous A-E. The History section is the only one with grouping by chronology. Thus Authors here include Josephus, Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon et al. *A short biography of the author precedes each book here reduced to its quintessence, thereby… Read More