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Tight bright attractive books in 3/4 morocco leather over marbled boards; decorated endpapers, gilt top edge and gilt titles. Contents unmarked but for tidy nameplate to occasional volume at pastedown; Light shelfwear to leather and boards; Volumes 5. 6, and 9 have damp-puckering but still bright and clean. Supplementary vol. 5 is in black leather, the rest in burgundy. Vol 1 and 2 Balch Brothers publisher, but same binding.

3/4 Leather Hardcovers. SCARCE 15 BOOK SET (Volumes 1-10-PLUS Supplementary Volumes 1-5). Full of illustrations and pictures. Pages are clean and unmarked. Gilt top page edges. Covers (marbled boards with burgundy leather on spines and corners) show edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Some spines with edge wear. Bindings tight, hinges strong. TITLES OF 10 VOLUME SET: 1: Norway, Switzerland, Athens, Venice. 2: Constantinople, Jerusalem, Egypt. 3: Japan (two lectures), China. 4: India (two lectures), The Passion Play. 5: Paris, LaBelle France, Spain. 6: Berlin, Vienna, St. Petersburg, Moscow. 7: The Rhine, Belgium, Holland, Mexico. 8: Florence, Naples, Rome. 9: Scotland, England, London. 10: California, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone Park. 5 SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUMES: 1: Ireland (two lectures), Denmark, Sweden. 2: Canada (two lectures), Malta, Gibraltar. 3: South Tyrol, Around Lake Garda, The Dolomites. 4: Sicily, Genoa, The Engadine. 5: Lake Como, The Danube, Bohemia.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

5059 total, 15-vol. set, illus., index, some edge rubbing three-quarter leather binding, some fore-edge soiling, some wear board edges. Slight foxing to a few pages, small piece missing to spine v.7. A 10-volume set, with 5 supplementary volumes, of early 20th-century three-quarter leather bindings. Ornate gilt spines with gilt title and volume numbers; the gilt is bright, and the leather exhibits minimal rubbing at spine extremities. Three-quarter leather and marbled paper covered boards are clean; the leather is mostly smooth and supple with several volumes exhibiting leather scuffing/peeling at board corners. Bindings are tight and sound. All volumes have beautiful floral endpapers in silver gilt and green. These volumes are very well illustrated with hundreds of great period photographs of many countries. There are several colored photos throughout. These lectures and their accompanying photographs depict the towns and peoples of these numerous areas as they once existed. Volume 1--Norway, Switzerland, Athens, Venice; v.2--Constantinople, Jerusalem, Egypt; v.3--Japan, China; v.4--India, The Passion Play; v.5--Paris, France, Spain; v.6--Berlin, Vienna, St. Petersburg, Moscow; v.7--The Rhine, Belgium, Holland, Mexico; v.8--Florence, Naples, Rome; v.9--Scotland, England, London; v.10--California, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone Park; Supplement 1--Ireland, Denmark, Sweden; Supp 2--Canada, Malta, Gibraltar; Supp 3--South Tyrol, Around Lake Garda, The Dolomites; Supp 4--Sicily, Genoa, The Engadine; Supp5--Lake Como, The Danube, Bohemia.

12 volume, uniformly leatherbound (10 volumes numbered I though X, plus first two supplementary volumes). Attractively bound in 3/4 crimson morocco over red marbled boards, gilt-stamped and decorated spines, top edges gilt (minor rubbing chiefly to extremities). Spines are bright and unfaded. Title on spines: John L. Stoddard's Lectures. Illustrated profusely throughout, with well over 1000 b/w photos.

5059 total, 15-vol. set, illus., index, some edge rubbing three-quarter leather binding, some fore-edge soiling, some wear board edges. Slight foxing to a few pages, small piece missing to spine v.7. A 10-volume set, with 5 supplementary volumes, of early 20th-century three-quarter leather bindings. Ornate gilt spines with gilt title and volume numbers; the gilt is bright, and the leather exhibits minimal rubbing at spine extremities. Three-quarter leather and marbled paper covered boards are clean; the leather is mostly smooth and supple with several volumes exhibiting leather scuffing/peeling at board corners. Bindings are tight and sound. All volumes have beautiful floral endpapers in silver gilt and green. These volumes are very well illustrated with hundreds of great period photographs of many countries. There are several colored photos throughout. These lectures and their accompanying photographs depict the towns and peoples of these numerous areas as they once existed. Volume 1--Norway, Switzerland, Athens, Venice; v.2--Constantinople, Jerusalem, Egypt; v.3--Japan, China; v.4--India, The Passion Play; v.5--Paris, France, Spain; v.6--Berlin, Vienna, St. Petersburg, Moscow; v.7--The Rhine, Belgium, Holland, Mexico; v.8--Florence, Naples, Rome; v.9--Scotland, England, London; v.10--California, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone Park; Supplement 1--Ireland, Denmark, Sweden; Supp 2--Canada, Malta, Gibraltar; Supp 3--South Tyrol, Around Lake Garda, The Dolomites; Supp 4--Sicily, Genoa, The Engadine; Supp5--Lake Como, The Danube, Bohemia.