Asprey's Reference Library - 8 volumes.

Dictionary - larger format than the rest of set, as originally made.Gazetteer - preface dated 1912Atlas of the WorldEncyclopaediaFrench and English DictionaryEnglish Quotations and ProverbsClassical MythologyFrench and Latin QuotationsPublished by Asprey, possibly 1912 as that is the date in the Preface to the Gazeteer. The text blocks are good and tight, however the leather of the spines is in poor condition. Originally green to match the green cloth on the boards, the leather is dry, splitting at the joints, damaged head and tail and very fragile. There is no spine leather on the Atlas. Gold to head of text blocks. Some marks to boards.