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Great Books of the Western World - 1992 Second Printing - you pick the volume(s) that you want from list
by Mortimer Jerome Adler (Editor), Clifton Fadiman (Editor), Philip W. Goetz (Editor) Format: Hardcover
There is no better way to own and appreciate the world's greatest written works. Great Books of the Western World is one of the most acclaimed publishing feats of our time. Authoritative, accurate, and complete, this collection represents the essential core of the Western literary canon, compiling 517 of the most significant achievements in literature, history, philosophy, and science into a color-coded set as handsome as it is affordable. From the ancient classics to the newest masterpieces of the 20th century, Great Books traces the ideas, stories, and discoveries that have shaped modern civilization. Volumes 1 and 2 of this collection is the Syntopicon, a unique two-volume guide that enables you to investigate a particular idea and compare what different authors have to say about it. The Syntopicon comprises a new kind of reference work -- accomplishing for ideas what the dictionary accomplishes for words and the encyclopaedia accomplishes for facts. Individual Volume Size: 9 1/2" H x 1"-2" W (Across Spine) x 6 1/2" D Special colors on the Great Books' spines guide you quickly to the four subject areas
Hardcovers. Binding with gilt lettering, trim and design on spine. Gilt page edging on top of pages.
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Hardcovers with clean pages and tight bindings. Most of the books are in LIKE NEW condition, a few in VERY GOOD - see notes belowWe have more than 24 years experience selling used books online with excellence.
VOL TITLE CONDITION CONDITION NOTES 5 HERODOTUS / THUCYDIDES Like New 6 PLATO Like New 7 ARISTOTLE - I Like New 8 ARISTOTLE - II Like New 9 HIPPOCRATES / GALEN Like New 10 EUCLID / ARCHIMEDES / NICOMACHUS Like New 11 LUCRETIUS / EPICTETUS / MARCUS AURELIUS / PLOTINUS Like New 12 VIRGIL Like New 20 CALVIN Like New 22 RABELAIS Like New 23 ERASMUS / MONTAIGNE Like New 24 SHAKESPERE I Like New 25 SHAKESPERE II Like New 26 GILBERT / GALILEO / HARVEY Like New 27 CERVANTES Very Good 29 MILTON Like New 31 MOLIERE / RACINE Like New 32 NEWTON / HUYGENS Like New 33 LOCKE / BERKELEY / HUME Like New 34 SWIFT / VOLTAIRE / DIDEROT Like New 35 MONTESQUIEU / ROUSSEAU Like New 36 ADAM SMITH Like New 38 GIBBON II Very Good 39 KANT Like New 41 BOSWELL Like New 44 TOCQUEVILLE Like New 45 GOETHE / BALZAC Very Good Has some smudging on the outside edge of pages 48 MELVILLE / TWAIN Like New 49 DARWIN Very Good Has some smudging on the outside edge of pages 50 MARX Like New 51 TOLSTOY Like New 52 DOSTOEVSKY / IBSEN Like New 56 20TH CENTURY NATURAL SCIENCE Very Good 57 20TH CENTURY SOCIAL SCIENCE I Like New
