H.G. Wells - best The Outline of History - Two Volume Complete Set - Rare Vintage 1961 Edition

H.G. Wells - The Outline of History

From the much-loved author of The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, and The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Outline of History is H.G. Wells' best best known work of non-fiction. This is an ambitious work chronicling history from the beginning of the earth to the Second World War.

This rare complete two-volume set printed in 1961 contains all forty chapters, along with extensive illustrations and maps, divided into the following sections:

- The World Before Man
- The Making of Man
- The First Civilizations
- Judea, Greece, and India
- Rise and Collapse of the Roman Empire
- Christianity and Islam
- Empires of the Land Ways and Empires of the Sea Ways
- The Age of The Great Powers

Both volumes are in good vintage condition for their age of sixty years. There is minor wear of the spines, mainly at the top and bottom (please see close up photos for details). There are no inscriptions. No loose, torn or missing pages.