Ridpath’s History Of The World : Complete Nine Volume Set

by John Clark Ridpath Publisher : Dugal Tree Year : 1901 Pages : 3603 Condition : Very Good Binding : Leather Price : $479.95

Item Description :

Dugal Tree, Minneapolis, 1901. FIRST EDITION, thus - revised Edition. This lot comprises the complete 9-volume set. Fine leather binding with fancy endpapers and page edges. Liberally illustrated with many color images. Includes an interesting original note from the printer on how to handle the books so as to minimize spine damage. Condition is very good to excellent, bindings are tight, no broken hinges or repairs nor markings besides former owner name on first pages of each volume; in spite of printer note, spine cover missing on 3 volumes, damaged on couple, and fragile on remainder. Ridpath’s History of the World, Being an Account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time, comprising the Development of Social institutions and the Story of All nations from “recent and authentic sources,” complete in 9 volumes, by John Clark Ridpath. Volume One contains: Book I: Egypt, Book II: Chaldaea, Book III: Assyria, Book IV: Media, Book V: Babylonia, Book VI: Persia. 376 pages. Volume Two contains: Book VII : Parthia, Book VIII: Greece, Book IX: Macedonia. 304 pages. Volume Three contains: Book X: Rome. 384 pages. Volume Four: Book XI: Barbarian Ascendency, Book XII: The Mohammedan Ascendency, book XIII: The Age of Charlemagne, Book XIV: The Feudal Ascendency, Book XV: The Crusades. 405 pages. Volume Five contains: Book XVI: The People and the Kings, Book XVII: New World and Reformation. 372 pages. Volume Six contains: Book XVIII: The English Revolution, Book XIX: Age of Frederick The Great, Book XX: The Age of Revolution. 413 pages. Volume Seven contains: Book XXI: The United States, Book XXII: Great Britain. 452 pages. Volume Eight contains: book XXIII: France, Book XXIV: GErmany, Book XXV: Italty, Book XXVI: Eastern Europe, Book XXVII: Minor American States, Book XXVIII: Oriental Nations. 407 pages. Volume Nine contains: Book XXIX: The Close of the Nineteenth Century. 490 pages and index. 3603 pages.



Images :

Rare Library collection . . . more than 40 years in the making . . . available now for the first time ... each item in the collection was individually researched and secured based on its own merits - Rare Books, First Edition Books, Signed Books, and Antique Books.
RARE BOOKS INCLUDING : FIRST EDITIONS . SIGNED and ANTIQUE BOOKS . ART and COLLECTIBLES