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GREAT BOOKS OF THE WESTERN WORLD BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, 24 VOLUMES

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Chicago. 1952. 24 Volumes of a 54-volume set by Encyclopedia Britannica. All volumes are in Near Fine to Very Good+ condition. The leather-look gold-embossed bindings still shine. 24 timeless volumes of curated essential works by the greatest western authors, philosophers, poets, playwrights, and scientists. This set was created to represent a complete classical western education, featuring the most highly valued and enduring books ever written. The Great Books of the Western World began as an educational project by the University of Chicago, who sought to develop a course of study rendering the reader as a fully intellectually rounded student familiar with the most important writings and thoughts of western civilization developed over three millennia. First introduced at the University of Chicago, this series of books was then published in limited edition for the general public in 1952 by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. FREE SHIPPING FOR THIS BOOK SET WITHIN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA., 24 Volumes, LOT REF #25-817

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Chicago. 1952. 24 Volumes of a 54-volume set by Encyclopedia Britannica. All volumes are in Near Fine to Very Good+ condition. The leather-look gold-embossed bindings still shine. 24 timeless volumes of curated essential works by the greatest western authors, philosophers, poets, playwrights, and scientists. This set was created to represent a complete classical western education, featuring the most highly valued and enduring books ever written. The Great Books of the Western World began as an educational project by the University of Chicago, who sought to develop a course of study rendering the reader as a fully intellectually rounded student familiar with the most important writings and thoughts of western civilization developed over three millennia. First introduced at the University of Chicago, this series of books was then published in limited edition for the general public in 1952 by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. FREE SHIPPING FOR THIS BOOK SET WITHIN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA., 24 Volumes, LOT REF #25-817

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Near Fine to Very Good+

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