The books in this section are usually hardcover and in decent shape, though we'll sometimes offer hard-to-find books in lesser condition at a reduced price. Though we often put images of the book with their original dust jackets, the copies here won't always (or even often) have them. If that is important to you, please call ahead or say so in the order comments!
Originally published in 1938, this multi-volume set was released repeatedly over the next couple of decades. We've identified 12 volumes that look like the picture here, but there are a confirmed 20 volumes in the edition prior.
The series includes a lot of stories and excerpts from popular literature of the period, from authors like Sir Walter Scott, Charlotte Yonge, Rudyard Kipling, Anna Sewell, Nathaniel Hawthore, Charles Kingsley, Alfred Church, Hans Christian Anderson, the Grimm brothers, Charles Dickens, Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll, Robert Louis Stevenson, and many others, including texts from actual explorers.
Includes:
- A Book of Famous Explorers
- A Book of Adventure
- Tales of Fantasy
- A Book of Famous Fairy Tales
- A Book of Famous Myths and Legends
- The Animal Story Book
- Stories of School and College Days
- The Story Teller
- A Book of Brave Deeds
- The Merry Maker
- A Book of Patriotism
- A Book of Famous Travels
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