Title: Best in Children's Books Volume 33: Marco Polo's Travels, Discovering the Unknown World, Favorite Mother Goose Rhymes, Shawneen and the Gander, Andrew Jackson, Pioneer Hero, Sophocles The Hyena, WAter, From Reservoir to You, Nature's Home Builders, Chi-Wee's White Boots, A Dime's Worth for Free and Let's Go To Peru
Format: Clothbound Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Author: Roger Duvoisin, Mother Goose, Richard Bennett, Smith Burnham, Jim Moran, Herman and Nina Schneider, Grace Moon, and Marion Holland
Illustrator: various
Year: 1960 - Volume #33
Publisher: Nelson Doubleday, Inc. Garden City, New York
Length: 160 Pages
Dimensions: 5.75" wide by 8.5" tall
Condition: Minor cover and spine wear noted especially around the edges of the dust jacket. The book has been well protected by the dust jacket over the years. There is an inscription & date written in ink on the page opposite of the title page. No other writing noted. No torn or missing pages noted. This edition is tightly bound.
Best in Children's Books were published by Nelson Doubleday, Inc. as part of a book club which ran from 1957 until the late 1960's. These editions contain both fiction and nonfiction stories & always included information on a different country. Their gorgeous spines and covers make them a popular set for collectors. Each cover and spine is embossed and contains illustrations taken from within the pages of the edition.
