A Child's Garden of Bible Stories by Arthur W. Gross 1948 Hardcover with Dust Jacket, Rod Taenzer Illustrations

This is A Child's Garden of Bible Stories by Arthur W. Gross, a 1948 Concordia Publishing House hardcover illustrated by Rod Taenzer, in its original yellow dust jacket.

The jacket is brittle, with chipping, tears, and paper loss along the edges and a tape repair, while the pages inside are clean and the illustrations are bright, as the photos show.

The jacket flap says the book is for ages 6 to 8 and holds 60 stories, 28 from the Old Testament and 32 from the New, with 156 color and black and white pictures. The pages shown include Joseph Rules Over Egypt and Three Men in a Furnace, and the author's foreword explains the stories were written for children to read on their own.

Details

• Item: Hardcover children's Bible storybook with dust jacket
• Title: A Child's Garden of Bible Stories
• Author: Arthur W. Gross
• Illustrator: Rod Taenzer
• Publisher: Concordia Publishing House
• Publication Year: 1948, per the copyright page
• Edition and Printing: Not confirmed from photos
• Format and Binding: Hardcover, red cloth
• Dust Jacket: Present, original yellow illustrated jacket with chipping, tears, and a tape repair
• Pages: 144
• Genre: Children's Bible stories
• Language: English
• ISBN: None shown
• Dimensions: About 8 x 6 x 0.5 inches

Condition Grade: Good

Positives

• Graded Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use, and every flaw is named in this listing.
• The original yellow dust jacket is present, with the two children and flower garden on the front and the lamb on the back.
• All pages are clean and easy to read, with no writing seen.
• The title page with the two children reading on clouds is bright.
• Color and black and white illustrations appear throughout, including the furnace and Naaman scenes.
• The foreword by Arthur W. Gross is present.

Issues / Wear

• The dust jacket is brittle along the edges, with chipping, tears, and paper loss, mostly at the top and bottom edges and corners.
• Tape repair on the dust jacket, visible on the back panel.
• Wear at the jacket spine ends.
• Handle the jacket with care because it is brittle.

Please view the photos. Scroll in to judge the condition. This is the actual book you will be receiving.

This 1948 Concordia copy of A Child's Garden of Bible Stories still has its original yellow dust jacket, and it suits a shelf of midcentury children's Bible storybooks. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.