1608736

History of Nations Set 25 volumes, 1932 #1608736

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History of Nations Set 25 volumes, 1932 #1608736
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History of Nations is a 25 volume set of hardcover
books that fill over 3 feet of shelf space with handsome blue and
gold spines.
<p>Sometimes called the Lodge History of Nations in
honor of its general editor, Harvard history professor and US
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, the set attempts to tell the history
of the world from the
origins of civilzation in Mesopotamia to the dawn of the 20th C.
The set was first published in 1907 and updated several times.
The final Memorial
Edition was issued in 1932.
<p>The volumes are: I Ancient Nations, II Greece,
III Rome,
IV Italy,
V Persia & India,
VI China,
VII Japan & Korea,
VIII Spain & Portugal, IX France, X French Revolution (missing), XI
England,
XII Scotland & Ireland, XIII Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, XIV
Turkey, Balkans, XV Russia, XVI Norway, Sweden, Denmark, XVII
Austria-Hungary (incl. Bohemia, Poland), XVIII Germany, XIX
Africa, XX Colonies & Possessions, XXI South America, XXII
Mexico, XXIII United States 1, XXIV United States 2, XXV General
Index.
<p>Each book measures 6-1/2 x 9 and is bound in navy blue
leather grain cloth with gold leterring on the spine. The torch
and wreath devise is also blind embossed on the covers. Each
has a
rotogravure frontispiece (under tissue) 4 or 6 more illustrations
and maps.
<p>Overall good condition. Minor wear on spines and some
edges. The Index has a broken hinge. Frontispiece torn from IX.

PLEASE NOTE - Volume X MIA.
<p>Made 1932 ...
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<tr><td>Condition:See Description</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1932</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:United States</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:Collier</td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:9</td></tr>
<tr><td>Depth:40</td></tr>
<tr><td>Width:6.5</td></tr>
<tr><td>Weight:50</td></tr>
<tr><td>Title:History of Nations Set 25 volumes, 1932</td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:Hardcover</td></tr>


<tr><td>Location:Buffalo, NY</td></tr>
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