Book Trails Volumes 4, 5 & 6- 1946 Illustrated Hardcover Set

This is a set of three Book Trails volumes, 4, 5, and 6, published by Child Development Inc. of Chicago, copyright 1928 and 1946 by Shepard and Lawrence, Inc.

The embossed red covers show rubbing and small areas of surface loss at the corners, spine ends, and edges, and the page edges are age toned, while the bindings are firm and the pages read clean, as the photos show.

The volumes shown are titled Through the Wildwood and To Enchanted Lands, and each opens with a Guide Posts page listing its stories. You will find folk tales and poems such as Marcia Goes Fishing by Ruth Campbell, April's Order by Nan Terrell Reed, and The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore, with green tinted and full color pictures.

Details

• Item: Set of three hardcover children's anthologies
• Title: Book Trails, Volumes 4, 5, and 6
• Author: Various authors
• Illustrator: Various illustrators
• Publisher: Child Development Inc., Publishers, Chicago
• Publication Year: Copyright 1928 and 1946 by Shepard and Lawrence, Inc., per the copyright pages
• Edition and Printing: 1946 printing of the 1928 series, as listed
• Format and Binding: Hardcover, red embossed covers with yellow spine lettering and volume numbers
• Dust Jacket: None
• Pages: Volume 4, 320 pages. Volume 5, 164 pages. Volume 6, 320 pages.
• Genre: Children's stories, folk tales, and poems
• Language: English
• ISBN: None shown
• Dimensions: About 10 x 7 x 1 inches each

Condition Grade: Good

Positives

• Graded Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use, and every flaw is named in this listing.
• All three bindings are firm, and the spines carry clear Book Trails lettering with volume numbers 4, 5, and 6.
• The embossed front cover art of a rider on horseback shows clearly.
• No torn pages were seen, and Volumes 4 and 5 showed no writing.
• Each volume has its Guide Posts contents page, and the title pages are clean.
• Color plates and green tinted drawings appear throughout.

Issues / Wear

• Rubbing and small areas of surface loss on the covers, mostly at the corners, spine ends, and edges.
• Age toning and yellowing to the page edges.
• Pencil notation reading #77 and 8 on a front endpaper, which looks like an old price.
• These three volumes are part of the larger Book Trails series, not the full set.

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

These three Book Trails volumes from Child Development Inc. share matching red embossed bindings, and they suit a shelf of classic storybook sets. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.