COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION / BANCROFT, HUBERT HOWE. Achievements of Civilization. The Book of Wealth. Wealth in Relation to Material and Intellectual Progress and Achievement. 7 (of 10) volumes (lacking sections 4, 7 & 8) plus 1 duplicate volume. Photographic illustrations and reproductions. Large folio, 550 x 425 mm; 17 x 22 inches, elaborately watercolored covers by various artists including W. How, R. Wiley, H. M. Armstrong, H. Sandham and others, over gold silk boards, scattered moderate wear to silk with several splits along joints with fraying, corners bumped, covers generally bright; some hinges cracked or starting; all edges trimmed and gilt, patterned silk doublures, a few clean marginal tears or creases. Comprises: Sections 1-3; 5-6; and 9-10. With a duplicate copy of Section 3; this copy bound in 3/4 leather gilt over cloth (scattered soiling, spine foot chipped, abrading) with front cover designated "Author's Edition" with identical contents to companion volume. Number 94 of 150 numbered sets of the edition cygne noir signed by Bancroft for subscriber Mrs. John Dunfee. (8) New York: The Bancroft Company, 1896-1908