Progress of Nations: The Story of the World and of Its Peoples from the Dawn of History to the Present Day (10 volume set)
by Jernegan, Marcus Wilson, with F. Lee Benns and Avery Odelle Craven
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Collectible-Very Good (-)/No Jacket
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Long Beach, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Department of Rehabilitation, Disabled American Veterans of the World War, 1930 Contributing Editors: William Kenneth Boyd, Edgar Dawson, William Scott Ferguson, et al. 5,215 pp, 2,300 illustrations, and 231charts and maps (the set). Complete 10 volume set of the National Patron of Honor Edition. Registered to Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Salisbury. Signed on the right dedication page of volume 1 by Herman H. Weimert, National Commander of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War. Set is complete in 10 volumes. Clean, ivory w/a.e. tanned, some foxed, and tight. Full leather, with minor flaking to Vol 1 front joint, sm tear to head of Vol VII. Green boards with ornate and beautiful gilt artwork to front cover, gilt decoration and lettering to spine. Beautifully illustrated end papers of the history of man through time. Top edge gilt. This set provides a unique snapshot into the world's history and into the thinking of American veterans at the end of the first World War, optimistically thought to be the "war to end all war." Its objective of understanding America's role in a turbulent world is particularly timely.
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- Bookseller
- Independent Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 030961
- Title
- Progress of Nations: The Story of the World and of Its Peoples from the Dawn of History to the Present Day (10 volume set)
- Author
- Jernegan, Marcus Wilson, with F. Lee Benns and Avery Odelle Craven
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible-Very Good (-)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Department of Rehabilitation, Disabled American Veterans of the World War
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1930
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- History, Military, Collectible
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Gilt
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- Foxed
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Spine
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