Munroe Kirk Editor (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Later. Very good light brown hard cover with stripes, center picture of boy seated at table reading by candlelight. Spine also with stripes, center picture of boy in baseball cap. Later printing. Appears to have been published without pages xi, xii, and xvii as probably were included in 1938 orginal publish date. 313 pages, numerous stories written about students in an educational setting. Many authors. Numerous b/w sketches, full-page color illustrations. Very nice copy. Unmarked, tight. Fiction. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Not Stated (illustrator). First Thus. 18 short stories with 16 additional named authors (not listed also as editors.) Four color plates and 80 black and white pictures in text; early struggles and joys of youth, opening of literary vistas, fun out of school and more. vi + 313pp. + 3 plates bound in. Short Story titles include: - Leaving School by William M. Thackeray, - Doctor Garde's Little Girl at School by Mary H. Catherwood, - John Ridd's School Days by R. D. Blackmore, - A Russian Boy's Tutor by Count L. N. Tolstoi, - Spelling for the Prize by John T. Trowbridge, - Paul's Education by Charles Dickens, - School Days in New England by James Freeman Clarke, - Maisie by Rudyard Kipling, plus 10 other stories of School and College Days. Cover indicates this volume part of a series titled "Young Folks Library." Hardcover with tan cloth boards, green and yellow decorations on front & spine, but no dust jacket. This copy retired from a public grade school library. Shelving info in permanent ink on spine, check-out envelope pasted on front paste-down. Front gutter repaired. Head of spine torn & corners bumped from handling. However, interior is tight, clean and otherwise unmarked. Above average interior - likely seldom read. Copyrights 1938, 1910, 1902, 1901. Likely different stories had different copyright years. Printed in U.S.A. Title page is dated 1951, likely the year this copy was printed. Some indication the stories included in a print year might vary. No ISBN, LCCN, nor MSR. Ex-Library (Public).

Half Leather, Cloth Sides. Condition: Very Good+. 10 Color Plates; 80 Black and White Drawings (illustrator). Third Edition. Young Folks Library, Vol VII only; Gently aged endpapers, else textblock immaculate and tight; Top edge gilt; Half-leather, Cranberry Morocco binding with cloth sides; Decorative gilt spine titling, bright and unmarred. Lightly edge worn at the spine extremities and board corners; In this twenty-volume series are "Selections from the choicest literature of all lands: Folk-Lore, Fairy Tales, Fables, Legends, Natural History, Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky, Animal Stories, Sea Tales, Brave Deeds, Explorations, Stories of School and College Life, Biography, History, Patriotic Eloquence, Poetry". This volume is 394p., including notes. Size: 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Alfred Crowquill only named illustrator; 17 other artists likely (illustrator). First Thus. The Merry Maker (Young Folks Library Volume 8, 1953 Hardcover without Dust Jacket) 32 short stories & verses from 17 named authors. Volume 8 of the Young Folks Library. Four color plates with many black and white pictures in text. Stories which stretch readers credibility. vi + 316pp. + 3 plates bound in. Short Story titles include: - Funny Leaves for the Younger Branches by Baron Krakemsides of Burstenoudelafen, - New England Weather by Mark Twain, - The Owl and the Pussy-Cat by Edward Lear, - The Dorchester Giant by Oliver Wendell Holmes, - The Reverend Mr. Trotty by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, - The Walrus and the Carpenter by Lewis Carroll, - The Yarn of the Nancy Bell by William S. Gilbert, - John Gilpin's Ride by William Cowper, plus 24 other stories & verses are found in The Merry Maker. Cover indicates this volume part of a series titled "Young Folks Library." Hardcover with tan cloth boards, orange and yellow decorations on front & spine, but no dust jacket. This copy was always privately owned, appears never handled, and exterior is new. In addition, interior is tight, clean, complete, and unmarked. Above average interior - likely seldom read. Copyrights 1952, 1932. Likely different stories had different copyright years. Printed in U.S.A. Title page is dated 1953, likely the year this copy was printed. From other sellers descriptions, it is indicated the stories found in this title vary by print year. No ISBN, LCCN, nor MSR. Thanks for looking! No Ownership Markings.