Brown cloth boards with gold lettering. Glossy frontispiece tipped in. A little edgewear, light foxing along edge. "The most comprehensive and well-researched anthology of all time comprises both the 50-volume "5-foot shelf of books" and the 20-volume Shelf of Fiction. Together they cover every major literary figure, philosopher, religion, folklore and historical subject through the twentieth century." William Allan Nielson states: " The Five-Foot Shelf, with its introductions, notes, guides to reading, and exhaustive indexes, may claim to constitute a reading course unparalleled in comprehensiveness and authority."; 7�" - 9�" Tall. Seller Inventory # 006012

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Title: Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books (The ...

Publisher: P. F. Collier & Son, New York

Publication Date: 1910

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

Edition: Reprint Edition.

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Orielis' Books has been selling online since August, 2002. We specialize in Mystery, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Children's Books (both vintage and recent), Large Print books, and a small but growing selection of Military and general history.

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Orielis' Books
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All books are subject to prior sale. We accept payment with credit cards, personal or business checks, money orders, and PayPal. We can accept credit card purchases directly or via Abebooks.com's shopping cart or through PayPal. You may return a book for exchange or refund within one month of the time you receive it. Please e-mail us beforehand with the problem and we will try to resolve it to your satisfaction. For books that are not "As Described", we will pay media mail return postage.

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