JOURNEYS THROUGH BOOKLAND: VOLUME TEN THE GUIDE
by Sylvester, Charles H
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Bellows-Reeve Company, 1932. A New and Original Plan for Reading Applied to the World's Best Literature for Children. New Edition. "For parents, teachers, and all who have children under their charge; for adults who wish to renew their acquaintance with the friends of their youth, or to open for the first time the world's great treasure house of literature; for youthful readers who must study the classics." 514 pages with index. Red pebbled leather cover with embossed image of flagship and title on front and gilt lettering on spine. Cover corners and edges are rubbed, spine edges are lightly frayed, some rubbing to joints. Light browning to endpapers and page edges. Minor water stain to page edge of front title page, but does not interfere with text. Interior is tight and clean. VG condition.. New Edition. Leather. Very Good. Illus. by Portraits. Size: Approx. 6 " x 8 3/4". Reference.
Synopsis
Journeys Through Bookland , published in 1901 by Bellows-Reeve Company, contains 10 volumes of poems, myths, Bible stories, fairy tales, and excerpts from children's novels, as well as a guide to the series. It has been lauded as ‘a new and original plan for reading, applied to the world’s best literature for children.’
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bee Creek Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005775
- Title
- JOURNEYS THROUGH BOOKLAND: VOLUME TEN THE GUIDE
- Author
- Sylvester, Charles H
- Illustrator
- Portraits
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- Bellows-Reeve Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- Juvenile, Reference
- Bookseller catalogs
- Juvenile; Reference Resource;
- Size
- Size: Approx. 6 " x 8 3/4"
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