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The World’s Great Events – In 5 Volumes – 1904 – 1st edition Volume 1, 2, 3,

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Title: The World’s Great Events – In 5 Volumes – 1904 – 1st edition Volume 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5

Description: The World’s Great Events – In 5 Volumes – 1904 – 1st edition Volume 1. A History of the World from Ancient to Modern Times B.C. 4004 to A.D. 1903. Volume One – Ancient B.C 4004 to A.D. 70. By: Esther Singleton. Illustrated with Numerous Full-Page Drawings Executed in Duograph. Publisher: P. F. Collier & Son – New York – Copyright 1903. Very good condition, 8 x 5 3/4, hardcover with pictures and illustrations,, pages 1 to 496. . . The World’s Great Events – In 5 Volumes – 1904 – 1st edition Volume 2. A History of the World from Ancient to Modern Times B.C. 4004 to A.D. 1903. Volume Two – Mediaeval A.D. 70 to A.D. 1477. By: Esther Singleton. Illustrated with Numerous Full-Page Drawings Executed in Duograph. Publisher: P. F. Collier & Son – New York – Copyright 1903. Very good condition, 8 x 5 3/4, hardcover with pictures and illustrations,, pages 497 to 994. . . The World’s Great Events – In 5 Volumes – 1904 – 1st edition Volume 3. A History of the World from Ancient to Modern Times B.C. 4004 to A.D. 1903. Volume Three – Renaissance A.D. 1485 to A.D. 1692. By: Esther Singleton. Illustrated with Numerous Full-Page Drawings Executed in Duograph. Publisher: P. F. Collier & Son – New York – Copyright 1903. Very good condition, 8 x 5 3/4, hardcover with pictures and illustrations,, pages 995 to 1400. . . The World’s Great Events – In 5 Volumes – 1904 – 1st edition Volume 4. A History of the World from Ancient to Modern Times B.C. 4004 to A.D. 1903. Volume Four – Colonization and Discovery A.D 1704 to A.D. 1830. By: Esther Singleton. Illustrated with Numerous Full-Page Drawings Executed in Duograph. Publisher: P. F. Collier & Son – New York – Copyright 1903. Very good condition, 8 x 5 3/4, hardcover with pictures and illustrations,, pages 1401 to 1980. . . The World’s Great Events – In 5 Volumes – 1904 – 1st edition Volume 5. A History of the World from Ancient to Modern Times B.C. 4004 to A.D. 1903. Volume Five – Inventions A.D.1830 to A.D. 1903. By: Esther Singleton. Illustrated with Numerous Full-Page Drawings Executed in Duograph. Publisher: P. F. Collier & Son – New York – Copyright 1903. Very good condition, 8 x 5 3/4, hardcover with pictures and illustrations,, pages 1981 to 2506.

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