- Octavo, navy blue cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The binding is lightly rubbed & very lightly bumped. xxiv, [i] & 717 pages. There is a narrow vertical area of staining to the verso of the front endpaper & an ink name is penned on the half-title. Profusely illustrated with color plates, including double-page maps, & black-and-white illustrations. Very good.

First edition.

A history of mankind from the Stone Age to the fall of the Roman Empire.

HISTORY; HISTORY OF MANKIND; MANKIND; CIVILIZATION; STONE AGE; ANCIENT EGYPT; BABYLONIA; EGYPT; CHALDEANS; PERSIANS; MEDO-PERSIAN EMPIRE; PALESTINE; HEBREWS; GREEKS; GREECE; SPARTA; ALEXANDER THE GREAT; HELLENISTIC AGE; ANCIENT ROME; ROMANS; ROMAN EM