Beacon Lights of History: 8 volumes

An 8-volume set of all the history you'll even need (as long as it happened before the 20th century). The first seven volumes were written by John Lord and first published between 1883 and 1896, the year Lord died. The eighth volume, edited by George Spencer Hulbert, was published in 1924. The first seven volumes in this collection were most recently copyrighted in 1921.

The books show varying levels of wear. All have some hinge splits where the glued parts part ways with the stitched parts (a common thing in books of this age). Most are minor, but the front split in volume 8 and the front and rear splits in volume 1 do weaken the binding a bit. The owner's name can be found on the front endpaper in volumes 1 and 3. Covers are artificial leather, worn at the corners, edges and hinges, with the worst wear to Volume 1 and the least wear to volumes 3 and 4. Pages are clean tight and intact, with the exception of one loose page in the table of contents of Part I of Volume 1.

Altogether, this set offers over 6800 pages of predominantly Eurocentric history. Each book consists of two parts, each with its own pagination. they range from 746 pages in volume 5 to 979 pages in volume 8. This rather rare set will ship at over six pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price.