"The World's Great Classics" was a 61-Volume set published by The Colonial Press between 1899 and 1901 in single and multi-volume sets. Hardback with clean solid color cloth, gilt page tops, rough cut page edges, very solidly bound with no interior marks, tissue-protected illustration frontispiece plus 3 additional illustrations. The World's Great Classics Memoirs - Vol II includes: Edward Hyde-Earl of Clarendon - Intrigue at the Court of Charles II John Evelyn - The Great Plague and the Great Fire Samuel Pepys - The Return of Charles II Grammont-Hamilton - The Court of Charles II Benjamin Franklin - Printing Experiences Horace walpole - The Closing Years of George II Aaron Burr- The Burr-Hamilton Duel Margaret Fuller Ossoli - Sojourn in Rome John Heneage Jess- Advance of the Pretender This Revised Edition was published in 1901 has 437 pages. Condition: Front cover and spine are clean with minor corner wear and the front cover has a very minor scuff. Pages have no markings and only minor age discoloration on the edges. Front cover page has been folded at some point. Spine is solid. See Photos. Been in our non-smoking library since mid 1960s. We are recently retired and dramatically downsizing. Please follow us to see what interesting treasures we will be listing. |