Harvard Classics The Five Foot Shelf of Books, Volume 30: Scientific Papers: Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy, Geology

New York: P.F.Collier & Son, 1959. Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hard Back Fifty-Second Printing, 1959, of the 1909 Original Edition. Hardcover Book in NEAR FINE Condition. Bound in forest green leather with gilt shield, decoration and titles on the spine; blind-stamped shield and ruffled lines on front. No jacket, as issued. Registered edition with Introduction and Notes. Very clean, no marks, tight, square, solid sewn binding. Lower corners faintly bumped. Pale diagonal line on spine, about 2 inches long. Frontis: Portrait of Michael Faraday. Pages very clean and free from any markings, no creasing, faintly toned, fine condition. Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf of Books originally published in 1909 is a 50 volume anthology of classic works from world literature. This anthology originated from a challenge made by P. F. Collier to Dr. Eliot based on speeches he made stating that a good liberal education could be had by reading 15 minutes a day from a collection of books that could fit on a five foot shelf. Collier challenged him to make good on this statement by selecting such a collection of works--the Harvard Classics were the result. Scientific papers by Michael Faraday, Hermann von Helmholtz, Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), Simon Newcomb, Sir Archibald Geikie. 351 pages with index. 8.6 x 5.7 inches. P.F.Collier & Son, New York, 1959.