John L. Stoddard's Lectures:10 Volumes + 4 Supplementary Volumes by John L. Stoddard - 1915

Chicago, IL and Boston, MA: George L. Shuman and Company, 1915 George L. Shuman and Company, Chicago and Boston.1915 on title page/copyright page states Revised Edition c1911. Hardcover. Reprint editions. Books are tight, square, and unmarked but for supplemental volume 1 which has a F/O name in pencil on the FFFP. Book Conditions; all are Very Good to Good +; all have slight wear to head, tail, and tips; light rubbing to boards from contact in shelving; 6 volumes have small spots of wear through the fabric on the boards at the tips or near the tail. No DJs. Green cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Tinted frontispiece photos; no signs of moisture damage; no foxing; clean pages. Internal hinges are sound and not split; texts are all well bound and signatures are not broken. Page counts range from 332 pp to 366 pp with most being 336 pp 8vo. In 1874, Mr. Stoddard was able to realize a lifelong dream to travel the world, and over the next two years visited Europe, Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt and the Palestine, absorbing whatever he could about the histories and cultures of each country. Afterwards, he studied briefly in Germany before returning to America to share with his students what he had seen, heard, and tasted along his global trek. He soon extended his lectures to adult groups, where his intellect, wit, and charisma transformed him into an extremely popular speaker on the American lecture circuit launching a surprising new career that would prove to be far more lucrative than teaching at a private school. These lectures were periodically published in book form eventually numbering 10 volumes and five supplements. The books include numerous illustrations derived from the immense catalog of photographs taken under Stoddard's direction, which cover most every subject, from art and architecture, to archaeology and natural history chronicling his visits to cities and sites that included Scandinavia, Athens, the Far East, Egypt, Moscow, the Rhine, the United Kingdom, the Grand Canyon, and Yellowstone National Park. A clean very presentable set of books. Due to weight/size, no international shipping. Price reflects additional costs for US media shipping.