Tan Harvard Classics, Five-Foot Shelf Of Books Decorative Book Set, S/10
A 10 volume collection from The Harvard Classics in the very unusual tan with black banding color published in 1937.
New York: Collier & Son, 1937.
The set measures 17" across and is 8.25" tall.
Some age-related wear and marks cover, spines, and corners of 1937 antique books as can be seen in the pictures.
Included are:
Volume 7) Confessions of St. Augustine. Imitation of Christ
Volume 9) Letters and Treatises of Cicero and Pliny
Volume 10) Wealth of Nations: Adam Smith
Volume 13) Aeneid Virgil
Volume 14) Don Quixote Part 1: Cervantes
Volume 15) Pilgrim's Progress. Donne and Herbert. Bunyan, Walton
Volume 23) Two Years Before the Mast. Dana
Volume 25) Autobiography Etc. Essays and Addresses: J.S. Mill, T. Carlyle
Volume 26) Continental Drama
Volume 38) Harvey, Jenner, Lister, Pasteur
Volume 44) Sacred Writings 1
Volume 48) Thoughts and Minor Works: Pascal
In 1909, the President of Harvard University, Dr. Eliot made claims that one could get a quality education by reading from three-feet-shelf of classics for 15 minutes a day, later changing it to five feet. Collier & Son challenged Dr. Eliot to create such a collection, the first collection of which was published in 1909.
