The outline of history : being a plain history of life and mankind / by H. G. Wells ; written with the advice and editorial help of Mr. Ernest Barker, Sir H. H. Johnston, Sir E. Ray Lankester, and Professor Gilbert Murray.
Accession number:
PML 147427-28
Published:
London : George Newnes Limited, 1920.
Description:
2 v. (780 p., [47] leaves of col. plates) ill. (part col.), maps, ports. ; 27 cm
Credit:
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes:
First ed. in book form; originally issued in 24 fortnightly parts from Nov. 1919 to Nov. 1920. Cf. G.H. Wells.
Collates as in G.H. Wells, no. 70.
With illustrations by J.F. Horrabin; some of the color plates signed: G.P. Carruthers, Graham Simmons, E. Verpilleux.
"Hazell, Watson and Viney, London and Aylesbury"--Colophon, v. 2.
Binding:
Original red cloth lettered in gold.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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