Antique Book Lot – Everybody's Encyclopedia, Ray's Arithmetic, Self-Educator

Book 1: Everybody's Encyclopedia for Every Day Reference
Editor-in-Chief: Charles Morris (assisted by Prof. E. C. Mills and Prof. R. S. Collins).
Details: Profusely illustrated compendium featuring household reference sections, a historical dictionary (up to Theodore Roosevelt), business guides, and etiquette tips. Features a stunning, highly detailed pictorial cover highlighted in vibrant gold gilt depicting classical pillars and architecture.
Book 2: Ray's New Practical Arithmetic (Eclectic Educational Series)
Author: Joseph Ray, M.D. (Late Professor in Woodward College).
Publisher: Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co. (Cincinnati / New York).
Details: A historical revised edition of the classic 19th-century American math textbook. Includes publishers' catalog notices highlighting the famous McGuffey's Eclectic Readers on adjacent pages.
Book 3: The Self-Educator Series: Drawing
Author: Robert Y. Howie, M.A. (Edited by John Adams, M.A., B.Sc.).
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton (New York and London).
Details: A turn-of-the-century instructional handbook focusing on the practice and science of drawing, perspective, and form.
Condition: Antique/used conditions. Ray's Arithmetic shows significant external wear with heavy chipping, paper loss, and rubbing to the pictorial boards, alongside a split cloth spine. The other volumes show more moderate shelf wear, corner bumping, and natural interior page toning/foxing consistent with age. All text blocks remain intact.