Item Details:
- Title: The Book of Knowledge: The Children’s Encyclopedia Vols. 1-20
- Editor: E. V. McLoughlin
- Publisher: The Grolier Society Inc.
- Copyright: 1955
- Edition: 1955 Printing
Condition:
- Books are in good condition
- Covers have some damage: scuffing, soiling, shelf-wear, corner-denting, and sunning
- Books are cocked
- Vol 17/18 is bent/bowed
- Text blocks are discolored due to time, with some staining, soiling, and foxing
- Vol 15/16 has some pencil marks on text block
- Vol 15/16 has pencil scribbles on front pastedown and free-end
- Vol 17/18 has ink script on front free-endpaper
- Pages are slightly yellowed and sunned with time, with pages occasionally being more severely yellowed
- Pages are otherwise bright, clean, intact, and legible
- Bindings are intact and sturdy
