Rise & Fall of Nations World History Famous Men & Women 1905-7 Larned 2 vol set

(Old Books, Early 20th Century Books, Leather Books, World History, Illustrated Books).

The Rise and Fall of Nations with Portrayals of their Great Men and Women Exhibiting Seventy Centuries of the Life of Mankind, with an Introductory Account of Pre-Historic Peoples, by J.N. Larned.
Published 1905 & 1907, Springfield, Massachusetts by C.A. Nichols Company.
2 volume. 465, 539 pages. Text in English. Illustrated throughout with both color and b&w plates, endpapers are 4 diff. color historical maps. 

Attractive antiquarian 1/2 leather bindings, smooth bindings, gilt bands, gilt title lettering, marbled covers.

Books are physically old and shows some signs of handling and time. 

Bindings gently age worn but still appealing, leather and joints slightly rubbed but still supple, small scuff spots or signs of handling, remains overall very attractive as an object.

Text block paper is gently age toned as typical, couple pages slightly protruding from text block with some minor old edge wear, internally set remains mostly clean, tight and sound. A setwhich has been taken care of but may/ does not look like new.

Still attractive on the shelf. Book displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in rather nice antiquarian condition, any age flaws seem easy to overlook or forgive. 

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Book Measures c. 9" H x 6" W.

[B5954].