The Five-Foot Shelf of Books, Continental Drama (Volume 26 Only) by Eliot, Charles W. (Editor)

P. F. Collier & Son, 1909-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. No dust jacket; green board cover. Cover and spine are worn at edges. Spine is discolored. Pages are dicolored on outer edges.

New York: P. F. Collier & Son. Good with no dust jacket. 1910. Hardcover. A selection of six plays by European authors and rendered into English by various translators. The 26th entry in The Five-Foot Shelf of Books series, "The Harvard Classics", edited by Charles W. Eliot, who has supplied introductions and notes. With sepia frontis illustration of Molière in audience with Louis XIV. --- In dark red cloth-covered boards with the Harvard crest in gilt on the cover; gilt-stamped spine titling & decorations and grey-green topstain. Lacks a dust jacket. --- With a bruise and torn cloth to back cover edge, sunning to spine and chafing to cloth at head of spine; otherwise an intact, firm, unmarked copy.; Small Octavo (7-1/2 to 8 in. tall); 474 pages .

New York: P.F.Collier & Son, 1959. Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hard Back Fifty-Second Printing, 1959, of the 1909 Original Edition. Hardcover Book in NEAR FINE Condition. Bound in forest green leather with gilt shield, decoration and titles on the spine; blind-stamped shield and ruffled lines on front. No jacket, as issued. Registered edition with Introduction and Notes. Very clean, no marks, tight, square, solid sewn binding. Faint bump to lower corners. Frontis: Moliere in Audience with Louis XIV at Versailles. Pages very clean and free from any markings, no creasing, faintly toned, fine condition. Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf of Books originally published in 1909 is a 50 volume anthology of classic works from world literature. This anthology originated from a challenge made by P. F. Collier to Dr. Eliot based on speeches he made stating that a good liberal education could be had by reading 15 minutes a day from a collection of books that could… Read More