The Story of Civilization 11 volumes
1975réf. 70681New York: Simon and Schuster 1975. Various later printings a few are book club editions. Hardcover. Good /Good. SIGNED. Large octavos 24 cm Most volumes are in black cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles on the backstrips gilt and blind stamped designs on the front covers and the publisher's black topstain. Volume 9 is in red cloth with a red topstain. Map endpapers. Extremities lightly rubbed and bumped. Rear board of volume 1 lightly soiled. Front hinge of volume 2 a bit soft. Couple of volumes with perforations to the inside gutter at the rear. Map of the Roman Empire in volume 3 torn in half. In dust jackets showing wear. Jackets of volumes 1 2 and 9 are heavily taped. Else jackets are rubbed occasionally faded at the spines and have periodic shallow edge tears. Dust jacket of volume 5 approximately 1/4" too short. Stickers on rear inside flaps. May require extra postage due to weight. The Story of Civilization by husband and wife Will and Ariel Durant is an eleven-volume Pulitzer Prize-winning series that portrays Western history for the general reader. Volume 1 : Our Oriental Heritage; Volume 2: The Life of Greece; Volume 3: Caesar and Christ; Volume 4: The Age of Faith; Volume 5: The Renaissance; Volume 6: The Reformation; Volume 7: The Age of Reason Begins; Volume 8: The Age of Louis XIV; Volume 9:The Age of Voltaire; Volume 10: Rousseau and Revolution; Volume 11: The Age of Napoleon. Volumes 1-10 are inscribed by Will and Ariel Durrant. Volume 11 is simply signed by Will and Ariel Durant. In one of the volumes Ariel has signed in black pen while Will has signed in blue pen. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
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