Harold Peake, Herbert John Fleure — The Corridors of Time

Oxford , Oxford at the clarendon Press, 1929-1933. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of these three volumes in 'The Corridors of Time' series by Harold Peake and Herbert Fleure, exploring the history of civilisation. The first edition of this fascinating set of three volumes exploring the history of time by Harold Peake and Herbert John Fleure. Volumes VI, VII, and VIII of the series of ten. Starting from the important Theory of Evolution by Charles Darwin, Peake and Fleure explore the studies made on civilisation, contributing with a review of the most general aspects of the research. The Way of the Sea, first published in 1929. Civilisation develops through the merchants of Aegan and the Iberian Peninsula and Southern France to the Middle Kingdom in Egypt.Merchant Ventures in Bronze, the first edition, 1931. With chapters on the early Bronze Age and giving a closer look at Iraninas, Aryans, and Chinese people.The Horse and the Swords, first edition of 1933. From the neat East in the Fourteenth Century through the tale of Troy, to the Monsoon lands of Asia, with a closer look at Italy in the Late Bronze Age.Each volume includes and index and a chronological summary to the rear, as well as numerous illustrations.  In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and a slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine and the extremities. With a damp marking to the front boards of volumes VI and VII, as well as a minor damping mark to the front and rear board of volume VIII, which also has a minor cockling to the cloth to the rear board. Internally, firmly bound. With a slight tidemark to the gutters of the endpapers and the first few leaves of volume VII, and to the rear few leaves of volume VI. With a minor faint scattered spotting to the first and last few leaves of volume VI; otherwise, the pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with numerous illustrations to each volume. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .