Antique Book Collection
Item Details
A collection of antique books. This collection contains seven books of various subject materials. Included is The Advanced Word-Builder: A Spelling Book by A.J. Beitzel (1894), Facts and Story Readers: Book Four by Henry Suzzallo, George E. Freeland, Katherine L. McLaughlin, and Ada M. Skinner (1931), New Stories for Little Girls by Mrs. Colman, and two books from the The Expressive Readers series including a Reader for Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Years and a Reader for Fourth and Fifth Years by James Baldwin and Ida C. Bender (1911). Also included is a vintage copy of Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge illustrated by Alice Carsey with original dust jacket and a vintage copy of Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Condition
- heavy wear on all; Uncle Tom book separated completely at spine with first two pages loose and only a partial piece of 2nd page; Readers have heavy staining and diry covers; New Stories for Little Girls has collapsing spine and ink on the free end paper; Fact and Story Readers has staining on cover with ink on the inside cover; The Advanced Word Builder has a dirty and fading cover with ink on the free end page, penciling on the inside cover and loose inner hing and cover; Hans Brinker cover is very fragile and stained with the book seperating at the spine and heavy staining on the inside cover and free end page; pencil mark on cover.
Dimensions
- measured Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
Item #
17PIT008-354