I have The Great Ideas Today volumes 1965-1972, as well as the 54 volume The Great Books themselves (1952) in their specially made 2-shelf book case, the 10 volume Gateway to the Great Books (1963) in their own tilted stand, and the 10 volume The Great Ideas Program (1959), all of which display only the original copyright year.

These books I inherited from my father, who I don’t think ever actually read them since the bindings on the vast majority of then are still very tight, and I have been very careful to not stretch the bindings when I read them in order to preserve them in the best condition possible for my son.

I would like to try and hunt down the earlier volumes to the beginning year as well as later editions as far as they go. Any information on what volume years were actually produced for the series would be appreciated. Thank you.

I bought the 1995 volume in Beijing 3 years ago when I was exploring in a used-book market. I fell deep in love with the book. But in China it is almost impossible the get the series.

I came across your post while Googling for GIT, and be really jealous about you guys having all these great books.

If you only knew how busy I was.

(That’s the sound of the wind blowing a tumbleweed through your blog.)