The Junior Classics: A Library for Boys and Girls

by Patten, William (Editor)

$250 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

This lovely 1912 set is likely a deluxe version of the first edition printing. Bound in leather spines & corners, the ornate decorative gilt & maroon titles are still bright & attractive. This beautiful set is an early 1900s collection of classic literature for children, with approx. 5000 pages of every type of literature imaginable from cultures around the world. Vol.1 Fairy and Wonder Tales begins the set with stories from American Indians, the Indian sub-continent, Russia, Poland, Serbia, China, Japan, Jamaica, & more, plus many of Aesop's Fables and stories from the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault, & many other traditional children's authors. Vol.2 Folk Tales and Myths contains a wide variety of myths from around the globe including Old Norse tales of Thor and Brunhilda; stories about an Amazonian tapir, a turtle from New Guinea, & a West African Hippopotamus; Rip Van Winkle & The Legend of Sleepy Hollow from the US; & many others. Vol.3 Tales from Greece & Rome covers ancient tales of Theseus, Pegasus, Jason, the Trojan War, the voyages of Ulysses & Aeneas, & many more. Vol.4 Heros and Heroines includes stories about King Arthur, Chaucer's Canterbury pilgrims, Charlemagne, Robin Hood, the Welsh Mabinogion, and Don Quixote, among others. Vol.5 Stories that Never Grow Old contains abridged & excerpted versions of Arabian Nights, Robinson Crusoe, Gulliver's Travels, several plays by Shakespeare, Pilgrim's Progress, Ivanhoe, and The Startling Advent

• Publisher: P.F. Collier & Son
• Year: 1912
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: hardcover

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