Windermere Series

Rand McNally produced a number of beautiful books from the early 1900s to the 1950s called The Windermere Series, many of them featuring the stunning art of Milo Winter. The series has had several renditions over the years.

There were eleven titles published in the first format (Series 1); these books were published in the 1910s with buckram gold or green cloth covers:

  1. Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass (Milo Winter, 14 ill)
  2. Andersen's Fairy Tales (Milo Winter, 14 ill)
  3. Arabian Nights (Milo Winter, 16 ill)
  4. Grimm's Fairy Tales (Just called Fairy Tales in the catalog) (Hope Dunlap, 12 ill)
  5. Gulliver's Travels (Milo Winter, 12 ill)
  6. Ivanhoe (Milo Winter, 14 ill)
  7. Robinson Crusoe (Milo Winter, 16 ill)
  8. Swiss Family Robinson (Milo Winter, 14 ill)
  9. Tanglewood Tales (Milo Winter, 10 ill)
  10. Treasure Island (Milo Winter. 14 ill)
  11. Wonder-Book (Milo Winter, 14 ill)

There were two batches with blue covers (Series 2, Series 3), published in the early and later 1920s. These often had fewer illustrations than the first editions, but were still lovely copies. Rand McNally printed 17 titles, adding to the above list:

  1. Adventures of Remi (Mead Schaeffer)
  2. Heidi (Maginel Wright Enright)
  3. King Arthur and His Knights (Mead Schaeffer and John R. Neill)
  4. Robin Hood (Dan Content)
  5. The Three Musketeers (Milo Winter)
  6. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Milo Winter)

The black hardcovers with silver spines (Series 4) were published in the 1930s. In this series, the publishers added:

  1. Adventures of Perrine (Milo Winter)
  2. Hans Brinker (Milo Winter)
  3. Jungle Babies (Paul Bransom and in b&w by Don Nelson)
  4. Kidnapped (Milo Winter, Paul Strayer)
  5. Pinocchio (Esther Friend)
  6. Tales of India (Paul Strayer)

The "Windermere Readers," released in the 1950s, included most of the above 23 titles (there are some sets numbered on the spine), but removed Ivanhoe, Robin Hood, and Jungle Babies. A few of these were done in paperback, but we're not sure how many.

 

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Adventures of Perrine
Windermere Readers #10
by Hector Malot, translated by Gil Meynier, adapted by Edith Heal
1954 edition from Rand McNally
for 3rd-8th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Adventures of Perrine
Windermere Series 4
by Hector Malot, translated by Gil Meynier, adapted by Edith Heal
from Rand McNally
for 3rd-8th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
Windermere Readers #5
by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Milo Winter
1954 edition from Rand McNally
for 4th-9th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
Windermere Series 1
by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Milo Winter
from Rand McNally
for 4th-9th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
Windermere Series 2
by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Milo Winter
from Rand McNally
for 4th-9th grade
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Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
Windermere Series 3
by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Milo Winter
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for 4th-9th grade
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Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
Windermere Series 4
by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Milo Winter
1938 printing from Rand McNally
for 4th-9th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Windermere Readers #4
by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm, illustrated by Hope Dunlap
1954 printing from Rand McNally
for 4th-10th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Windermere Series 1
by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm, illustrated by Hope Dunlap
from Rand McNally
for 4th-10th grade
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Grimm's Fairy Tales
Windermere Series 2
by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm, illustrated by Hope Dunlap
from Rand McNally
for 4th-10th grade
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Grimm's Fairy Tales
Windermere Series 3
by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm, illustrated by Hope Dunlap
from Rand McNally
for 4th-10th grade
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Grimm's Fairy Tales
Windermere Series 4
by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm, illustrated by Hope Dunlap
from Rand McNally
for 4th-10th grade
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Hans Brinker
Windermere Readers #7
by Mary Mapes Dodge, illustrated by Milo Winter
1954 Edition, 2nd printing from Rand McNally
for 4th-9th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$10.00 (2 in stock)
Hans Brinker
Windermere Series 4
by Mary Mapes Dodge, illustrated by Milo Winter
1954 Edition, 2nd printing from Rand McNally
for 4th-9th grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
Heidi
Windermere Series 4
by Johanna Spyri, translated by Philip Schuyler Allen and illustrated by Maginel Wright Enright
1938 edition from Rand McNally
for 3rd-8th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Heidi
Windermere Readers #3
by Johanna Spyri, translated by Philip Schuyler Allen and illustrated by Maginel Wright Enright
1954 Edition from Rand McNally
for 3rd-8th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Heidi
Windermere Series 3
by Johanna Spyri, translated by Philip Schuyler Allen and illustrated by Maginel Wright Enright
1938 edition from Rand McNally
for 3rd-8th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Kidnapped
Windermere Readers #17
by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated in color by Milo Winter & b/w by Paul Strayer
1954 edition from Rand McNally
for 6th-9th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Kidnapped
Windermere Series 4
by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated in color by Milo Winter & b/w by Paul Strayer
from Rand McNally
for 6th-9th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
King Arthur and His Knights
Windermere Series 4
by Philip Schuyler Allen, illustrated by Mead Schaeffer & John R. Neill
1936 Edition from Rand McNally
for 5th-8th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
King Arthur and His Knights
Windermere Readers #18
by Philip Schuyler Allen, illustrated by Mead Schaeffer & John R. Neill
1954 Edition, 2nd printing from Rand McNally
for 5th-8th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$12.00 (2 in stock)
King Arthur and His Knights
Windermere Series 3
by Philip Schuyler Allen, illustrated by Mead Schaeffer & John R. Neill
1936 Edition from Rand McNally
for 5th-8th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Pinocchio
Windermere Readers #2
by Carlo Collodi, illustrated by Esther Friend
from Rand McNally
Fantasy for 3rd-8th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Pinocchio
Windermere Series 4
by Carlo Collodi, illustrated by Esther Friend
from Rand McNally
Fantasy for 3rd-8th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Robin Hood
Windermere Series 4
by Edith Heal, introduction by Philip Allen and illustrated by Dan Content
1936 edition from Rand McNally
for 6th-9th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Robin Hood
Windermere Series 3
by Edith Heal, introduction by Philip Allen and illustrated by Dan Content
1936 edition from Rand McNally
for 6th-9th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Swiss Family Robinson
Windermere Readers #9
by Johann Wyss, frontispiece by Milo Winter
1954 Edition from Rand McNally
for 5th-9th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$10.00 (2 in stock)
Swiss Family Robinson
Windermere Series 1
by Johann Wyss, translated by W.H.G. Kingston, and illustrated by T.H. Robinson, Milo Winter, and Louis Rhead
from Rand McNally
for 5th-9th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Swiss Family Robinson
Windermere Series 2
by Johann Wyss, translated by W.H.G. Kingston, and illustrated by T.H. Robinson, Milo Winter, and Louis Rhead
1921 Printing from Rand McNally
for 5th-9th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Swiss Family Robinson
Windermere Series 3
by Johann Wyss, translated by W.H.G. Kingston, and illustrated by T.H. Robinson, Milo Winter, and Louis Rhead
from Rand McNally
for 5th-9th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Swiss Family Robinson
Windermere Series 4
by Johann Wyss, translated by W.H.G. Kingston, and illustrated by T.H. Robinson, Milo Winter, and Louis Rhead
from Rand McNally
for 5th-9th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Treasure Island
Windermere Readers #16
by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Milo Winter
1954 Edition from Rand McNally
for 5th-10th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$9.00 (2 in stock)
Treasure Island
Windermere Series 1
by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Milo Winter
from Rand McNally
for 5th-10th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Treasure Island
Windermere Series 2
by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Milo Winter
1921 printing from Rand McNally
for 5th-10th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Treasure Island
Windermere Series 3
by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Milo Winter
1924 Printing from Rand McNally
for 5th-10th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Treasure Island
Windermere Series 4
by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Milo Winter
1939 Edition from Rand McNally
for 5th-10th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)