Steve Coleman, Julian Priester and Eric Alexander are scheduled to be in Chicago next Thursday for a tribute to Von Freeman in Millennium Park. Details here,
I "inherited" 12 of these boxes going from 1930 into the '50s. I have not spent much time with them but all include interesting looking books. Time Life spared no expense in the Giants series, so I expect the choices are apt and the sound to be excellent.
A few years ago a truck backed up to my door and unloaded "The Complete Works" on the Vox label. I think it cost $33 then. I have been loading it into the ipod for months.