Hill's Practical Reference Library of General Knowledge Volume I, Volume II, Volume III and Volume IV

Dixon, Hanson & Company, New York, 1906. Blue Cloth with leather spines. Marbled endpapers and outer page edges. Gilt lettering on the spine. Thousands of illustrations, including many plates in color. Solid square bindings. One volume has drizzled blue paint on the cover and Volume II has a detached front cover held in place by black tape. Volume IV has a large scuff to front cover that has removed the top surface. "This Library of Reference has been published to supply the demands of a progressive and busy age. The rapid advancement made in recent years in every department of knowledge is not shown in books published ten or even five years ago. During these years much has happened to make an entirely new treatment of many subjects necessary; this is particularly true of chemistry, medicine and nearly all other branches of natural science. New inventions and discoveries have sprung into being, such as the automobile, air ship and wireless telegraphy. The uttermost parts of the earth have been explored; the light of civilization has reached the interior of Africa and the most distant isles of the sea, and their history and geography, as well as the foreign relations of the United States, have been essentially modified." 4 large volumes measuring 7 X 10 X 2 inches will require additional postage.…