Stepping Stones to Literature: A Reader for Higher Grades.
by Arnold, Sarah Louise and Charles B Gilbert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- BINDING/CONDITION: light green cloth with red and darker green text and vignette; some puckering to the cloth on the spine; ligh
- Seller
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Oroville, California, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Silver, Burdett & Company, 1898.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: light green cloth with red and darker green text and vignette; some puckering to the cloth on the spine; light rubbing; Very Good condition. The publisher's promotional insert has been affixed to the front paste-down endpaper.. small 8vo (7.75 inches tall) . Lexicon. Description: Many black and white illustrations -- primarily portraits and reproductions of masterpieces of art, but there are a few photographs as well. The publisher's blurb for this series states, ''a series of readers which meets the needs of all primary and grammar grades. These readers give a better idea of the world's great literature, and more of it, than can be found elsewhere in the same space.'' A sample of the selections here: Tales of a Grandfather by Sir Walter Scott; The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith; The Passing of Arthur by Alfred Tennyson; Pickwick's Drive to Manor Farm by Charles Dickens; The Destruction of Sennacherib by Lord Byron; The Tempest by Charles and Mary Lamb; Herve Riel by Robert Browning; King Henry the Eighth by William Shakespeare; and much more. Each author is introduced before the piece begins.
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- Bookseller
- The Bookworm (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 064913
- Title
- Stepping Stones to Literature: A Reader for Higher Grades.
- Author
- Arnold, Sarah Louise and Charles B Gilbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - BINDING/CONDITION: light green cloth with red and darker green text and vignette; some puckering to the cloth on the spine; ligh
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Silver, Burdett & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1898.
- Pages
- 317 pages.
- Size
- small 8vo (7.75 inches tall)
Terms of Sale
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The Bookworm
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Oroville, California
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We are a small town bookstore, in the same location for over fifteen years. We strive to maintain a wide selection of books in lower price ranges.
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