Complete Set of Aunt Fanny Stories

Six volumes. 64; 64; (64); 64; 64; (62)pp. The fourth of five series of miniature books authored by popular children's writer Frances Elizabeth Barrow under the noms de plume Aunt Fanny and Aunt Laura. Titles include: Fanny at School; Fanny's Birthday; Fanny's Fair; Fanny's Journey; Fanny's Pic-Nic; and Miss Nason's Story. Cited by Bradbury as "high spots in any miniature book collection," the Aunt Fanny volumes offer stories about common childhood experiences and are known for introducing secular material to the moral and religious content prevailing in children's literature of the time. Spines uniformly dulled, else a fine, fresh set in various colored publisher's gilt-stamped cloth. A.e.g. (Bradbury, p. 187). (1 1/2 by 1 1/8; 38x28mm).