Saturday, April 2, 2011

Tempt a Child to Read: Journeys Through Bookland

JOURNEYS THROUGH BOOKLAND
A New and Original Plan for Reading 
Applied to the World's Best Literature for Children
Charles H. Sylvester, Editor

Bellows-Reeve Company: Chicago. 1922.  New Edition (1st Ed. 1909).
10-volume hardcover set of children's stories.






Royal blue boards, embossed design around set-in cover illustration, bright gold gilt on spine. Decorative endpapers, neat dedication on flyleaf. Abounding with color & black/white illustrations. Expected wear at corners & sides of binding. More wear to Volume 1 with discrete tear at tail of frontispiece; Volume 10 has small rip at top of spine. All ten volumes tight & vivid. VG to VG+.  For more info: oldinkincbooks.com.


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