The Outline of Knowledge 5-Book Bundle (Used Hardcovers) - James A. Richards (Editor)
This five-book bundle is part of a 20-volume collection of encyclopedic information edited by James A. Richards and self-published in 1924.
Each book has a bookplate inside the front cover with "Private Library of Jacob P. Miller" with the original price of .50 noted. Each volume is 5" X 7.5", bound in dark red leather-textured cloth.
Bundle includes:
Volume VI, Geology, Biology and Zoology: Geology by Harold E. Slade and W.E. Ferguson, Biology by Carolina E Stackpole, and Zoology by Dr. Willia D. Matthew. 508 pages
Volume VII, Botany; Astronomy; Atoms, Molecules and Electrons; Anthropology; and Chemistry: Botany by Marion E. Latham, Astronomy by Waldemar Kaempfert and Herbert T. Wade, Atoms etc. by Floyd L. Darrow, Anthropology by Francis Rolt-Wheeler, Chemistry by William Allen Hamor. 508 pages
Volume IX, Sacred Writings: A collection of selections from the sacred books of Brahmanism, Buddhism, Zoroaster, Confucians, the Old and New Testament, and the Koran. 508 pages
Volume XV, Travel: A collection of essays from various authors on travel sites, peoples and cultures. 505 pages
Volume XIX, Fables and Fairy Tales: A collection of Mother Goose rhymes; fairy tales and folk tales from Grimm, Andersen, the British Isles and ancient Greece; Aesop's fables; and chapters from the Arabian Nights, Rip Van Winkle, A Christmas Carol, and Gulliver's Travels. 502 pages
Condition: These books are in Very Good Condition. The pages are clean and unmarked. The covers have slight wear on the corners and the spines are faded.