Title: Treasure Island
Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson
Cover Artist: unknown
Language: English
Original Publisher: Cassell
Originally Published: November 1883
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2001
ISBN-10: 0590416170
ISBN-13: 9780590416177
Notes: Water stains on many pages
Author Archives: librarian
Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable by Ivor H. Evans
Title: Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Author(s): Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, Ivor H. Evans
Language: English
Original Title: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Original Publisher: Cassell
Originally Published: 1870
Publisher: Harper & Row
Published: November 1989
ISBN-10: 1234567890
ISBN-13: 9781234567890
Notes: 14th edition
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
“Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea” by Jules Verne.
Title: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Series: Captain Grant and Captain Nemo Universe
Number in Series: 1 (one)
Author(s): Jules Verne
Cover Artist: Kate Forrester
Interior Artist(s): Milo Winter
Language: English
Original Language: French
Original Title: Vingt Mille Lieues sous les mers
Original Publisher: Magasin d’Education et de Recreation
Originally Published: March 1869
Publisher: Barnes & Noble
Published: September 2012
ISBN-10: 143514211X
ISBN-13: 9781435142114
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
“Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott – Golden Press abridged.
Title: Little Women
Series: Little Women
Number in Series: 1 (one)
Author(s): Louisa May Alcott
Cover Artist: David K. Stone
Interior Artist(s): David K. Stone
Language: English
Original Title: Little Women, or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy
Original Publisher: Roberts Brothers
Originally Published: 1868
Publisher: Golden Press
Published: 1965
ISBN-10: 0307122131
ISBN-13: 9780307122131
Catalog Number: 12213
Notes: “Modern Abridged Edition” on title page
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Title: Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Author(s): Harriet Beecher Stowe
Cover Artist: Winslow Horner
Language: English
Original Title: Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly
Original Publisher: John P. Jewett and Company
Originally Published: March 1852
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: October 1981
ISBN-10: 0553212184
ISBN-13: 9780553212181
Roget’s Thesaurus of Synonyms and Antonyms by Peter Mark Roget
Title: Roget’s Thesaurus of Synonyms and Antonyms
Author(s): John Lewis Roget, Peter Mark Roget, Samuel Romilly Roget
Language: English
Original Publisher: Longman
Originally Published: 1852
Publisher: Dennison Manufacturing
Published: 1972
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Title: David Copperfield
Author(s): Charles Dickens
Editor(s): Edmund Fuller
Cover Artist: Walter Brooks
Language: English
Original Title: The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery (Which He Never Meant to Publish on Any Account)
Original Publisher: Bradbury & Evans
Originally Published: 1850
Publisher: Dell Publishing
Published: September 1962
Catalog Number: 1675
Notes: “Authoritative modern abridgment”, 5th Dell printing
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Title: A Christmas Carol
Series: A Christmas Carol
Number in Series: n/a
Author(s): Charles Dickens
Cover Artist: Fred Barnard
Language: English
Original Title: A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost-Story of Christmas
Original Publisher: Chapman & Hall
Originally Published: December 1843
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: December 1988
ISBN-10: 0553212443
ISBN-13: 9780553212440
East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North
“East of the Sun and West of the Moon – Old Tales from the North”.
Title: East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North
Author(s): George Webb Dasent, David Nutt
Editor(s): unknown
Cover Artist: Kay Nielsen
Interior Artist(s): Kay Nielsen
Language: English
Original Language: Norwegian
Original Title: Norske Folkeeventyr
Original Publisher: unknown
Original Author(s): Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Jørgen Moe
Originally Published: 1842
Publisher: Calla Editions
Published: 2008
ISBN-10: 1606600036
ISBN-13: 9781606600030
Notes: None of the copies I can find indicate who translated “Prince Lindworm”.
Contents:
“East of the Sun and West of the Moon” by George Webb Dasent
“The Blue Belt” by George Webb Dasent
“Prince Lindworm” by unknown
“The Lassie and Her Godmother” by George Webb Dasent
“The Husband Who Was to Mind the House” by George Webb Dasent
“The Lad Who Went to the North Wind” by George Webb Dasent
“The Three Princesses of Whiteland” by George Webb Dasent
“Soria Moria Castle” by George Webb Dasent
“The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body” by George Webb Dasent
“The Princess on the Glass Hill” by George Webb Dasent
“The Widow’s Son” by George Webb Dasent
“The Three Billy Goats Gruff” by George Webb Dasent
“The Three Princesses in the Blue Mountain” by David Nutt
“The Cat on the Dovrefell” by George Webb Dasent
“One’s Own Children are Always Perfect” by George Webb Dasent
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Title: Oliver Twist
Author(s): Charles Dickens
Cover Artist: unknown
Language: English
Original Title: Oliver Twist, or The Parish Boy’s Progress
Original Publisher: Richard Bentley
Originally Published: 1838
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Published: November 1962
Catalog Number: W-273