The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by H. G. Wells; Revised and Brought Up to the End of the Second World War by Raymond Postgate; With Maps and Plans by J.F. Horrabin
Garden City, NY: Garden City Books, 1949. Hardcover. 2 volumes paginated continuously: 1288 pages: illustrations, maps; 22 cm. Blue cloth spines with red boards; gilt spine titles and decoration. Top page edges red. No dust jackets. Vol. 2 contains chronological table and index for both volumes. The author, H.G. Wells, is best known as the author of "The Time Machine." He had first written his "Outline of History" during World War One, in order to help people understand how the world had come to be at war. This edition, issued after the Second World War, is an expanded edition. In Very Good+ Condition: ends of spines rubbed; clean and tight. Very Good +. Item #011668
Price: $28.00