1935-1952 Scribner Illustrated Classics for Young People - 6 Texts

Description: Scribner Illustrated Classics for Young People Text 1: The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne. Pictures by N.C. Wyeth, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935, 493 pp, 9.5 x 7". Text 2: Jinglebob by Philip Ashton Rollins, with Illustrations in Colors by N.C. Wyeth, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935, 263 pp, 9 x 6.75". Text 3: The Scottish Chiefs. By Jane Porter. Edited by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora A. Smith. Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937, 503 pp, 9.5 x 7". Text 4: The Boy's King Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's History of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, Edited for Boys by Sidney Lanier. Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947, 321 pp, 9.5 x 7". Text 5: The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, With pictures by N.C. Wyeth, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945, 400 pp, 9.5 x 7". Text 6: The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757. By James Fenimore Cooper, Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952, 370 pp, 9.5 x 7". In fair condition. Cloth boards exhibit general soiling, scuffed edges & bumped/worn corners. Painted/gilt lettering and deco are rubbed in some places, but overall bright and clean. Heads and tails of spines collapsed - some beginning to chip. Text 1 & 5's front gutters are split - binding mesh exposed. Water dampness staining to Text 1's fore & bottom edges. Bookplate found on front paste-down of Text 2. Text 5's decorated front end-page is missing bottom corner. Bookseller's plate on Text 5's front paste-down: The Book Shop, Harrisburg, PA. No known marginalia throughout all text-blocks. Toning and some instances of finger-soiling exhibited in a few instances. All plates by N.C. Wyeth are present, clean, and bright. Bindings are intact, some are fragile. Please see photos and ask questions about any specific titles before purchasing. Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945), known as N.C. Wyeth, was an American painter and illustrator. He was a student of Howard Pyle and became one of America's most well-known illustrators. Wyeth created more than 3,000 paintings and illustrated 112 books - 25 of them for Scribner's, The Scribner Classics, which is the body of work for which he is best known. Wyeth was a realist painter at a time when the camera and photography began to compete with his craft. Sometimes seen as melodramatic, his illustrations were designed to be understood quickly. He is the father of Andrew Wyeth and the grandfather of Jamie Wyeth, also well-known American painters. FORN-MSB-1023-0762-HK818

Price: 250 USD

Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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