Published by Encyclopaedia Britannica Publisher.WILLIAM BENTON,PUBLISHER, Chicago, 1952
Seller: WONDERFUL BOOKS BY MAIL, CHICO-CA, CA, U.S.A.
HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by # over Bird Spine Decoration (illustrator). OLDER SERIES. VERY GOOD Condition Dec Clothbound,CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT ; ".part of a ten year reading program." BOOK FULLY COVERED in BROWN CLOTH with Gold Spine Titles, Lines.NUMBER OVER BIRD SHIELD ON SPINE; 360pg pages; Gold Spine Title On Brown Cloth With Bird Spine Ilust Under Spine Volume Number. Great Books Of The Western World" Series.
Published by Philip Lee Warner, 1921
Hardcover, no dust jacket. Vol. II only. Deckled edges. Ex-library. Paper boards with cloth spine. Boards are worn, rubbed and scuffed. Edges are chipped, torn and curling. Spine edges are splitting, curled and chipped. 246 pages. 246 pp.
Published by Philip Lee Warner, 1917
Hardcover, no dust jacket. Vol. I ONLY. Hinges have been repaired with buckram. Deckled edges. Bound in paper boards with buckram binding to spine. Ex-library. Boards are very worn, rubbed and scuffed. Edges are chipped and peeling. Spine edges are worn, rubbed and scuffed. Tender hinges, despite buckram repair. 158 pages. 158 pp.
Published by Medici Society, Ltd., 1924
Hardcover, no dust jacket. Vol. III only. Deckled edges. Bound with paper boards and cloth spine. Ex-library. Badly chipped and damaged spine, with large pieces of spine missing and detached. Boards are worn, rubbed and scuffed. Edges are splitting, peeling and chipped. 158 pages. 158 pp.
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine to Fine. 747 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Near fine to fine dust jacket. This copy is the 2012 printing of the 1992 publication. Both the book and jacket are very close to "fine". This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.
. Missing ffep. Slightly worn on edges of text. Pages are slightly creased. Else good. (Heavy item, will require additional shipping fees) 638 pp.