Childrens Books The New Junior Classics Young Folks Shelf of Books Volume 2 only Stories of Wonder and Magic circa 1960's Collier Publishing

This is a very good hardcover. Circa 1960's Collier Publishing, The Young Folks Shelf of Books New Jr Library. This copy is very clean inside and out. The pages are still crisp and clean with no markings or foxing seen. The binding is tight and straight. Hardcover boards are also very good, clean with only very light shelf wear. Lettering on cover and spine along with design are still very good with little rubbing. Super octavo book size or 7" x 11". Illustrated endpapers front and back.

In the 1930's P.F. Collier published The Junior Classics Library in 10 volumes. Each volume contained stories of classic literature for young readers. Each volume focused on a different genre of stories. Stories about boys and girls, stories from history, animal stories, stories that never grow old, myths and legends, hero stories and other topics made up the set. The set was republished multiple times and eventually called The New Junior Classics and published in a slightly larger format called the De Luxe Edition. Each volume was originally edited by Mabel Williams and Marcia Dolphin with intros and introductions by William Allan Neilson and Charles W. Eliot. These intro are included in the revised reprinted editions.

This is Volume Two, Stories of Wonder and Magic, from the New Junior Classics Library series, Young Folks Shelf of Books. Stories include; The Magic Fishbone, The Story of Four Little Children Who Went Around the World, Prince Rabbit, The Pumpkin Giant, The Lost Half-Hour, The Dutch Cheese, Aladdin, Ali Baba, King Stork, The Princess and The Pea, The Ugly Duckling, and more. Chapters are divided into sections including; Fun and Nonsense, From Old Storybooks, Dreams and Enchantments, Stories by Howard Pyle and Frank B. Stockton, and Stories by Hans Christian Andersen. 34 stories in all.

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