THE
ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE WORLD
FOR
THE ENGLISH PEOPLE
FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME ANCIENT – MEDIAEVAL – MODERN
WITH MANY ORIGINAL HIGH CLASS DRAWINGS
PUBLISHED WARD, LOCK & CO LIMITED LONDON c1902
Bound in the original red and gilt pictorial cloth in
almost as new condition, extraordinary given the books’ age. Last reference in
the text is to the assassination of President Mckinley in 1901. Stunning
copies, profusely illustrated, large heavy tomes, viii, 888, xii, 888pp. I have
loose stiff cellophane placed over the books to protect the immaculate covers
which have reflected in the photographs of the boards.