Item #63744 History of Magic & Experimental Science ( 8 Volume Set ); Vols. I & II: The First Thirteen Centuries, Vols. II & IV: Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries; Vols. V & VI: Sixteenth Century. Vols. VII & VIII: Seventeenth Century. Lynn THORNDIKE.
History of Magic & Experimental Science ( 8 Volume Set ); Vols. I & II: The First Thirteen Centuries, Vols. II & IV: Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries; Vols. V & VI: Sixteenth Century. Vols. VII & VIII: Seventeenth Century

History of Magic & Experimental Science ( 8 Volume Set ); Vols. I & II: The First Thirteen Centuries, Vols. II & IV: Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries; Vols. V & VI: Sixteenth Century. Vols. VII & VIII: Seventeenth Century

New York, NY: Columbia University Press, ND [Circa 1980s]. Reprint. Hardcover. Eight volumes (complete set). Octavos. Vol. I: xl + 836pp.; Vol. II: viii + 1036pp.; Vol. III: xxvi + 830pp.; Vol. IV: xviii + 770pp.; Vol. V: xxii + 696pp.; Vol. VI: xviii + 766pp; Vol. VII: x + 696pp. Vol. VIII: viii + 808pp. Original green cloth. Indexes & biblios. A complete set of Thorndike's classic History of Magic. All volumes undated but are reprints circa 1980. All appear near "new" with the appearance of just a small amount of handling: A few lightly bumped corners and extremities, page edges a bit browned with some light scattered foxing & browning, a very few scattered spots of browning to text pages, Vol. V. has half inch tears at the upper edge of about 10 pages - else a tight, bright near Fine set in the original plain glassine sleeves which are worn and chipped at edges (unlike dust jackets these were meant to be discarded - they were just supplied to protect the cloth from rubbing in transit from the publishers). Item #63744

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