This is a nine book set of the collected works. The nine books are: the works of Emile Zola, the works of theophile Gautier, the complete works of Shakespeare, the works of rudyard kipling, the works of h. Rider haggard, the works of Gustave Flaubert,the works of chekhov, the works of Robert Louis Stevenson and the books of balzac. The book covers show some wear around the edges and corners. The pages show some wear around the edges and corners. Some of the books have a stamp as shown in the pictures. They have different copyright dates from 1904 to 1937 depending on the book.