Title: Best in Children's Books: Abraham Lincoln, How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin, A Child's Book of Verses, Hansel & Gretel, Mother Goose Rhymes, The Story of Gold, Puppet Play, What A Magnet Can Do, Animal Children, Angus and the Cat, Pancakes for Breakfast and This is Australia
Format: Clothbound Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Author: Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jakob & Wilhelm Grimm, Maud & Miska Petersham, Tina Lee, Craig and Baldwin, Marjorie Flack, and Grace Paul
Illustrator: various
Year: 1957 - Volume #1
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 a name written in ink on the title page, No torn or missing pages noted. This edition is tightly bound.
This is the first book published in this series.
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.
I will be adding more of these Best in Children's Books to the website shortly. Please feel free to reach out if you are trying to complete your collection: info@logcabinvintage.com
