Dead Tree Dreams

Sometimes, the story of where a book came from is almost as good as the book itself. That is true, in my opinion, of this set of vintage books.

The Junior Library was published by Books, Inc. in the 1930s and 40s and marketed to young families as a way to have good quality printings of all the great classics of literature in one multi-volume set. The former owner of this set told me her grandmother sold them door-to-door to supplement her teaching income.

For now, we'd like to keep them together as a set. If no one grabs them in the next few weeks, we will list them individually.

Please check the listing on the website for additional photos of the title pages of each book, as well as the inside covers and front flyleaves of some that have writing and a stamp-shaped sticker on them. The stamps match the title of the book.

Find them under Vintage, Classic, or New Arrivals.