The Story of Civilization 11 Volume Hardcover Set: I. Our Oriental Heritage, II. The Life of Greece, III. Caesar and Christ, IV. The Age of Faith, V. The Renaissance, VI. The Reformation, VII. The Age of Reason Begins, VIII. The Age of Louis XIV, IX. The Age of Voltaire, X. Rousseau and Revolution; XI. The Age of Napoleon

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1967. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x8x2. Not eligible for international shipment. Mismatched volume 5, embossed owner stamps on front flyleaf of a few volumes, otherwise an attractive set. Bindings tight, text clean and unmarked. 1967 Hard Cover. Complete in eleven hardcover volumes. 9 3/4 x 7. 8vo. Original red boards, gilt titles. Numerous black-and-white photographs, maps on endpapers. An exhaustive historical work including approximately 10,000 pages of material. "The Story of Civilization by Will and Ariel Durant is an eleven-volume set of books. It was written over a lifetime, and it totals two million words across nearly 10,000 pages. The series is incomplete: in the first book of the series (Our Oriental Heritage, which covers the history of the East through 1933), Mr. Durant stated that he wanted to include the history of the West through the early 20th century. However, the series ends with The Age of Napoleon since the Durants died before any additional volumes could be completed. The first six volumes of The Story of Civilization are credited to Will Durant, with Ariel receiving recognition in the acknowledgements. In later volumes, beginning with The Age of Reason Begins, Ariel is credited as a co-author. (Inventory #: 2349977)