Isbn: 9781616401764 - the editor's introduction (50): the five foot shelf of classics, vol. l (in 51 volumes) (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 484 pages. 8.50x5.60x1.60 inches. In Stock.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name 'Harvard Classics,' this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as 'Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf,' it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf. Volume L features Eliot's introduction, a reader's guide, and the complete indexes for the entire collection: an index to the first lines of every piece of verse, a general index, and a chronological index. …

Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnOriginally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name Harvard Classics, this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academ.