Ariel

1967 · Best.-Nr. 2340400 — New York: Simon and Schuster 1967. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 17x13x12. Mix of book club and trade editions. Jackets rubbed with some loss from corners a few light spots on jacket spines several jacket spines faded. Bindings tight and square text clean and unmarked. 1967 Hard Cover. Complete in eleven hardcover volumes. 9 3/4 x 7. 8vo. Original red cloth gilt titles. Numerous black-and-white photographs maps on endpapers. An exhaustive historical work including approximately 10000 pages of material. "The Story of Civilization by Will and Ariel Durant is an eleven-volume set of books. It was written over a lifetime and it totals two million words across nearly 10000 pages. The series is incomplete: in the first book of the series Our Oriental Heritage which covers the history of the East through 1933 Mr. Durant stated that he wanted to include the history of the West through the early 20th century. However the series ends with The Age of Napoleon since the Durants died before any additional volumes could be completed. The first six volumes of The Story of Civilization are credited to Will Durant with Ariel receiving recognition in the acknowledgements. In later volumes beginning with The Age of Reason Begins Ariel is credited as a co-author. Simon and Schuster hardcover books