World Masterpieces, Volumes 1 & 2 (2-Volume Set)
Language: English
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 1965
- Hardcover
- Used

Seller: BriteBound Books, Chino Valley, AZ, U.S.A.BriteBound Books
AbeBooks seller since May 28, 2026
Condition: Used - Good
US$ 12.95
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Hardcover, no dust jacket. Two-volume set, hardcover. World Masterpieces, Maynard Mack, general editor, with Bernard Knox, John McGalliard, P. M. Pasinetti, Howard Hugo, René Wellek and Kenneth Douglas, W. W. Norton. Please note this is a mixed set: Volume 1 (Literature of Western Culture through the Renaissance) is the Revised Edition, 1965, in red cloth; Volume 2 (Literature of Western Culture since the Renaissance) is the Third Edition, 1973, in blue cloth. Homer, the Old Testament, Greek drama, Dante, Shakespeare, Molière, Swift, Goethe, Tolstoy and more. No dust jackets. Volume 1's text block has shifted slightly inside the binding, so the front cover doesn't sit flush and the page edges show past the board; all pages are attached. Light shelf wear. Condition: Good. Sourced from an Arizona estate and personally inspected. Ships from Prescott, AZ (BriteBound Books). Mixed set: Volume 1 is the Revised Edition.
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- Title
- World Masterpieces, Volumes 1 & 2 (2-Volume Set)
- Author
- Maynard Mack, general editor
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company, New York
- Publication year
- 1965
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0393096580
- ISBN 13
- 9780393096583
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Seller catalogs
- World Literature / Anthology
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BriteBound Books
Chino Valley, AZ, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since May 28, 2026
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