Vintage Newnes Pictorial Knowledge Red Encyclopedias Vol 1-10 PLUS ATLAS VOLUME. 

Undated Vintage edition. Has signs of shelf wear and marks on covers. A couple of loose pages and signs of wear mainly on Atlas ( see photos )

ATLAS - foreword by Sir John Hunt, volume has maps, illustrations and photos

VOLUME1 - the story of the world in the days of long ago / the story of animal life - creatures of the land, air and sea / the wonders of plant life in forest, field and garden

VOLUME 2 - the romance of history-tales of the Greeks and the Persians / tales of Ancient Rome / England under the Romans, Danes and Normans / England in the Middle Ages / Britain’s struggle towards her days of greatness / true tales of high adventure - pioneers by land and sea / in the days of great explorers / the conquest of the polar regions / some heroes of our own time

VOLUME 3 - the story of the world and its peoples - Great Britain and Ireland / countries of the British Commonwealth of Nations / lands, near and far

VOLUME 4 - the story of the world and its peoples- our neighbours and friends across the channel / through the storied lands of the Middle East / in the Ancient Empires of the Far East / A great nation whose history began with the pilgrim fathers / countries along the pan American highway and in South America

VOLUME 5 - meteorology and what it means - the rain, the snow, the winds and the tides / our engineers and their work / the story that scientists can tell us about - about heat, light and sound / how steam and petrol work for man / fable, myth and legend

VOLUME 6 - treasurers won from the earths crust - the romance of coal, iron and steel / metals that serve us in a hundred ways / a great discovery and its many developments / famous inventions and how they were evolved / services we maintain for the common good / the world and its work

VOLUME 7 - great painters of all nations / literature through the ages / the lives of the great composers / wonders of architecture/ great thinkers of all nations

VOLUME 8 - the freedom of the seas / the wonders of the heavens / the magic art of writing / a guide to good manners for boys and girls / the story of the human body / favourite hobbies

VOLUME 9 - story of early civilisations in the worlds history / a children’s treasury of verse / your own special corner / first steps in drawing / familiar things and how they are made / questions and answers

VOLUME 10 - children’s treasury of general knowledge - factual index to the volumes of this works