I bought this second edition of H.G. Wells's THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY in 1971 with money received from my parents on our first wedding anniversary. David immediately sat down and read it cover to cover, and over the years we both used it as a valuable reference. It's still a pleasure to leaf through its yellowed and well-worn pages in search of a specific historical detail, despite having vastly more information available only a few strokes away on my iPhone.