Flying Sails of My Book House [VINTAGE 1954]

Miller, Olive Beaupre (editor)

Edité par The Book House for Children, Chicago, Illinois, 1954

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Fine condition navy blue boards, 6 1/2 by 5 1/2 inch full color front cover pastedown, with gold front cover and spine lettering. Includes Preface. Illustrated with black-and-white drawings, color drawings, and color front and rear endpaper drawings. A vintage former owner bookplate is neatly affixed to the left center of the first free front endpaper. All pages are in very fine unmarked condition and the spine/binding is exceedingly tight and square (see photographs. Contents include the following stories: Adventures of General Tom Thumb by Phineas T. Barnum; Afar in the Desert by Thomas Pringle; Boy on the High Seas by Olive Beaupre Miller, A Christmas Song at Sea by ALfred Noyes; The Circus Man by Phineas T. Barnum; The Enchanted Islad by Howard Pyle; Gulliver's Travels to Lilliput by Jonathan Swift; Maggie Tulliver Goes to Live with the Gypsies by George Eliot; The Magic Horse from The Arabian Nights; Meg Merrilies by John Keats; Mr. Hampden's Shipwreck by John Masefield; Recollections of the Arabian Nights by Alfred Tennyson; Song of Drake's Men by Alfred Noyes; The Story of the Talking Bird from The Arabian Nights; The Tempest told from the play by William Shakespeare; A Wanderer's Song by John Masefield; and Young Midshipman David Farragut. "Volume Eight, "Flying Sails," is meant for the period when the interest of boys and girls is turning from fairy tales to real stories of real adventure, full of bold and striking action. To meet the need for true stories at this period, we have in "Flying Sails" actual history tales such as "Young Midshipman David Farragut," and "A Boy on the High Seas." Stories of this type form for boys and girls the introduction to history itself. Even in the fascinating story of the Circus Man, Phineas T. Barnum, and his journey abroad with the famous dwarf, General Tom Thumb, the child meets a number of historical characters. These include Queen Victoria and the Duke of Wellington, who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo and was enormously pleased with Tom Thumb when the little fellow appeared in a miniature of Napoleon's well-known uniform, posing as lost in sorrowful thought over his defeat by Wellington. Thus the child's interest in history is being aroused and he is being prepared to study it. Thus at this period when boys and girls are reading books of none too good quality and are further absorbed by the most exciting and least valuable stories which the radio, television or motion pictures have to offer, "Flying Sails" brings them interesting tales from the literary background they need." - short excerpt from the Preface.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Flying Sails of My Book House [VINTAGE 1954]
• Éditeur: The Book House for Children, Chicago, Illinois
• Date de parution: 1954
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Impression: 36th Printing
• État de l'article: Fine