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.