The World's Greatest Books VOL XII MODERN HISTORY

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; Thomas Carlyle on Germany; George Finlay on Greece; J.L.Motley on Holland; Mountstuart Elphinstone on India; Voltaire on Russia under Peter the Great; W.H.Prescott on Spain; Voltaire on Sweden; Henry Milman and Leopold Von Ranke on the Papacy. 312 pages. 7.5 x 5 inches. 1910, McKinlay, Stone & MacKenzie, New York, New York, USA.…