Collier 51 vol HARVARD CLASSICS Alumni Ed. No 3586 RARE
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HARVARD CLASSICS Alumni Edition P F Collier Harvard Classics in 51 volumes ELIOT, Dr Charles W (Editor) with introductions, notes and illustrations Very Rare set, do not miss out this deal Copyright 1910 by P F Collier & Son Company, NY Limited Edition of which this set is No. 3586 Threaded light green cloth board for strength and durability Distinctive cover design, profusely illustrated Frontispiece plate protected by glassy paper tissue Gilded page top edge, untrimmed front and bottom edges CONTENTS: Known as The Harvard Classics, this honored collection encompasses more than 2,000 years of the world's greatest poetry, drama, history, philosophy, scripture, and more. The full 50-volume set brings together more than 1,850 works by over 300 masters of thought and letters, and includes Dr. Eliot's Reader's Guide and a General Index containing upwards of 18,000 entries: 1. Plutarch’s Lives 2. Plato, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius 3. Bacon, Milton’s Prose, Thomas Browne 4. Milton’s Complete Poems in English 5. Emerson’s Essays and English Traits 6. Robert Burns’ Poems and Songs 7. St. Augustine – Confessions and The Imitation of Christ 8. Nine Greek Dramas 9. Letters and Treatises of Cicero and Pliny 10. Adam Smith – The Wealth of Nations 11. Darwin – The Origin of Species 12. Benjamin Franklin, John Woolman, William Penn 13. Virgil’s Aeneid 14. Cervantes – Don Quixote 15. Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress; Walton’s Life of Donne and Herbert 16. The Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights) 17. Folk-lore and Fable of Aesop, Grimm, Andersen 18. Modern English Drama 19. Goethe’s Faust and Egmont; Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus 20. Dante – The Divine Comedy 21. Manzoni – I Promessi Sposi 22. Homer – The Odyssey 23. Dana – Two Years Before the Mast 24. Burke – On the Sublime, The French Revolution 25. John Stuart Mill and Thomas Carlyle 26. Continental Drama 27. English Essays, Sidney to Macaulay 28. Essays, English and American 29. Darwin – Voyage of the Beagle 30. Scientific Papers of Faraday, Helmholtz, Kelvin and others 31. Cellini – Autobiography 32. Montaigne, Sainte-Beuve, Renan – Essays 33. Voyages and Travels 34. Descartes, Voltaire, Rousseau, Hobbes 35. Froissart, Malory, Holinshed – Chronicles and Legends 36. Machiavelli, More, Luther 37. Locke, Berkeley, Hume 38. Scientific Papers of Harvey, Jenner, Lister, Pasteur 39. Famous Prefaces 40. English Poetry Volume I 41. English Poetry Volume II 42. English Poetry Volume III 43. American Historical Documents 44. Sacred Writings Volume I 45. Sacred Writings Volume II 46. Elizabethan Drama Volume I 47. Elizabethan Drama Volume II 48. Pascal – Thoughts 49. Epic and Saga 50. Introduction, Reader’s Guide, Indexes CONDITION: This set is in very good and unread condition, with ex-owner's stamp, clean inside pages, solid hardcover and firm binding; The spine was discolored due to long-time shelving, several volumes shows abrasive over the board or spine, some volumes got gilt loss on the top edges. In 1910, Dr. Charles W. Eliot, then President of Harvard University, put together this extraordinary library of "all the books needed for a real education". The set could be a final addition to your personal library. SHIPPING: This set of books will be shipped via USPS media mail with delivery confirmation, special care will be taken during packing to ensure you receive the books as described, and a fixed shipping/handling fee $120.00 will be charged upon buyer. PAYMENT: I only accept Paypal, Money order or Cashier check.
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