This auction is for a complete set of The Harvard Classics!!
This is a gorgeous set!
This set is in ABSOLUTE FLAWLESS condition!
THIS SET IS BRAND NEW and completely UNREAD!
Even the covers try to slam shut when lifted a fraction of an inch!
The text blocks are as tight and firm as WHEN THEY WERE ISSUED in 1930.
The interior is COMPLETELY CLEAN and unread.
There is no foxing. There is no aging present.
There are no marks or any writing or any previous signs of ownership!
These appear to have been just removed from their packaging!
ALL 52-VOLUMES are in this FINE+ and MINT+ condition.
This set is truly in collectible condition!
The condition on these are GUARANTEED, or your money back, guaranteed. Please see our feedback, we stand by our books.
This set, in this condition, has previously retailed WITH US for over $3000.00.
The 100 year anniversary for The Harvard Classics is 2009!! These will make a great gift and should continue to appreciate in value!
It is also complete in all 52-volumes!
~This is a gorgeous set!~
This set has a shield embossed on the front covers!
This set is 100% complete with all 52-volumes. It comes with The Reader's Guide in Volume 50.
Buy this set as a great addition to any collection, library, or household. This set is scarce in such nice condition and completion!
Physical Description:
This set is beautiful! The bindings are a blue with silver gilding. The spine has a shield embossed on.
This set has an antiquarian look that is sure to change the aura of any room! The interior is fully readable. This set is very nice!
This set is also known as the 'Five Foot Shelf of Books'.
This set is almost 1 century old!
Whether you are looking for a complete set, a rare set, or a beautiful set, this set is for you. It satisfies all of the above! This set is it! Now is the time to build your library or to decorate your office!
Condition:
This set is in FINE+ and MINT+ condition, guaranteed, or your money back.
There is no wear, inside or out.
There is no writing.
There is no smell.
These are truly in FLAWLESS condition.
8 1/4 inches tall.
We are the largest Harvard Classics dealers around.
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Here is a list of all the volumes:
Volume I. - Benjamin Franklin, John Woolman, William Penn
Volume II. - Plato, Epictecus, Marcus Aurelius
Volume III. - Bacon, Milton's Prose, Thomas Browne
Volume IV. - Milton's Complete Poems in English
Volume V. - Emerson. Essays and English Traits
Volume VI. - Burns. Poems and Songs
Volume VII. - Saint Augustine, The Confessions. Thomas a Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
Volume VIII. - Nine Greek Dramas
Volume IX. - Letters and Treatises of Cicero and Pliny
Volume X. - Adam Smith. The Wealth of Nations
Volume XI. - Darwin. The Origin of Species
Volume XII. - Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans
Volume XIII. - Virgil's Aeneid
Volume XIV. - Cervantes. Don Quixote, Part I
Volume XV. - Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress. Donne and Herbert. Isaak Walton
Volume XVI. - The Thousand and One Nights
Volume XVII. - Folk-Lore and Fable, Aesop, Grimm, Anderson
Volume XVIII. - Modern English Drama
Volume XIX. - Goethe: Faust, Egmont, etc. Marlowe: Doctor Faustus
Volume XX. - Dante. The Divine Comedy
Volume XXI. - Manzoni. I Promessi Sposi
Volume XXII. - Homer. The Odyssey
Volume XXIII. - Dana. Two Years Before the Mast
Volume XXIV. - Burke. On the Sublime; Reflections on the Revolution in France, etc.
Volume XXV. - J. S. Mill and Thomas Carlyle
Volume XXVI. - Continental Drama
Volume XXVII. - English Essays, Sidney to Macaulay
Volume XXVIII. - English and American Essays
Volume XXIX. - Darwin. Voyage of the Beagle
Volume XXX. - Faraday, Helmholtz, Kelvin, Newcomb, etc.
Volume XXXI. - Cellini. Autobiography
Volume XXXII. - Montaigne, Sainte-Beuve, Renan, etc.
Volume XXXIII. - Voyages and Travels
Volume XXXIV. - Descartes, Voltaire, Rousseau, Hobbes
Volume XXXV. - Froissart, Malory, Holinshed
Volume XXXVI. - Machiavelli, More, Luther
Volume XXXVII. - Locke, Berkeley, Hume
Volume XXXVIII. - Harvey, Jenner, Lister, Pasteur
Volume XXXIX. - Famous Prefaces
Volume XL. - English Poetry, 1
Volume XLI. - English Poetry, 2
Volume XLII. - English Poetry, 3
Volume XLIII. - American Historical Documents
Volume XLIV. - Sacred Writings, 1
Volume XLV. - Sacred Writings, 2
Volume XLVI. - Elizabethan Drama, 1
Volume XLVII. - Elizabethan Drama, 2
Volume XLVIII. - Pascal. Thoughts and Minor Works
Volume XLIX. - Epic and Saga
Volume L. - Introduction, Reader's guide and Indexes
Volume LI. - Lectures
Volume LII. - Reading Guide
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