The World of Mathematics: A small library of the literature of mathematics from A'h-mose the Scribe to Albert Einstein, presented with commentaries and notes by James R. Newman (four HC volumes in slipcover, NM condition, 1956, $11 for the set, which is 1/3 the current internet price.)
Is anyone Christmas shopping yet? These books look wonderful. As far the book's contents.... well, you are on your own in assessing that. Look for these books in the math. section.