Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, Inc, 1958. Hardback. Used - VeryGood. Various. 5.75"x8.5". 160 pp. Yellow hard boards w/embossed blue and black letters and designs on front. Pastel green spine w/blue and black letters and designs. List of short story titles embossed in like colors on back. Paste down matching illustrations w/list of titles on ffep. Spine straight, binding tight, pages have light soiling. One small stamp insided front cover. Not x-library. Rubs to corners. No DJ. A collection of world literature, old and new, for children, volume contains fiction, poetry, historical adventures, games, fairy tales, nature, science, and geography sections. Beautifully illustrated in color.
Peterkin family / Lucretia P. Hale -- illustrated by Lawrence Beall Smith; Thumbelina / Hans Christian Andersen -- illustrated by Roberta Macdonald;
Sing for Christmas / illustrated by Ruth Ives ; Twelve days of Christmas -- illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; Johnny Penguin / Dorothy and Marguerite Bryan -- illustrated by Seong Moy; Toys you can make / Tina Lee -- illustrated by Manning Lee; Life along the Amazon -- color photos; Best birthday / Quail Hawkins -- Don Freeman; Let's visit Austria w/color photos.

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Bookseller: Blacks Bookshop (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 11985
Title: Best in Children's Books (Volume 16)
Author: Various
Illustrator: Various
Format/Binding: Hardback
Book Condition: Used - VeryGood
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Nelson Doubleday, Inc
Place of Publication: Garden City, New York
Date Published: 1958
Keywords: childrens/fairy tales

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