
The Stoddard Library, A Thorough LIBRARY OF LITERATURE!!
A library in it's own right! 'A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers'.
Illustrated with plates!
Bound in Genuine FULL LEATHER Bindings!
Full leather bindings, such as these, were very costly to produce, and are very desirable!
Gilded edges!
Ornate gilded spine!
Floral pattern on boards and end-papers!
8 3/4 Inches tall.
Complete 12 volume set with index Geo L. Shuman & Co., Chicago. 1911.
This set is 100 YEARS OLD!!
VERY GOOD/Near MINT+ & UNREAD Condition!! FINE interior. Interior is exceptionally bright and fresh, UNREAD, and new. Some light external wear, as shown. Interiors are clean, bright, crisp. Free of foxing and writing. Bookplate, or minor evidence of removed plate. Chip on one book, as shown.
This complete 12 volume set includes beautiful illustrated plates, all with protective tissue.
Also, volume 12 includes a list of illustrations and an index.
Titles:
Vol 1- Joseph Addison to Bernard of Cluny; Vol 2- Bernardin to Caesar; Vol. 3- Caine to Crawford; Vol. 4- Creasy to Egyptian Literature; Vol. 5- Eliot to Gladstone; Vol. 6- Goethe to Herrick; Vol. 7- Hindoo Literature to Kingsley; Vol. 8- Kipling to McMaster; Vol. 9- Mahaffy to Pliny; Vol. 10- Plutarch to Shakespeare; Vol. 11- Shakespeare cont'd to Taine and Vol. 12- Tasso to Zola.
COMPLETE in 12-Volumes!!
This is a gorgeous collection, and displays beautifully!!
|