The Story of Civilization, VII: The Age of Reason Begins by Will and Ariel Durant
1961. Sixth printing. 729 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white illustration plates. Maps across endpapers. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front.