THE GOLDEN TREASURY LIBRARY

Set with 24 items (17 covers )

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21
illustrations "HERA HAS SENT US A PILOT; LET US FOLLOW THE CUNNING BIRD", "THEN PERSEUS HELD ALOFT THE GORGON'S HEAD"," THEN ORPHEUS TOOK HIS HARP, AND BEGAN HIS MAGIC SONG"," DOWN CAME TWO FEARFUL MONSTERS, THE LIKE OF WHOM MAN NEVER SAW", "JASON TORE THE FLEECE FROM OFF THE TREE-TRUNK", " AS HE LOOKED HE SHRANK AND SHUDDERED" 272 pages
THE GOLDEN TREASURY LIBRARY
Undated, but approx 1920's-1930's. Red, green or blue cloth covers with pictorial pastedown illustration to front board, and gilt titles to spine. Some titles also come with cheaper linen type cloth cover with no picture. Catalogue to rear pages. Colour plate to frontispiece, plus five full page illustrations in text with several black and white drawings throughout. come with and without THE GOLDEN TREASURY LIBRARY on spine, originally issued with an ARTISTIC WRAPPER IN FULL COLOUR originally eight titles but expanded to twenty one, more titles listed but all seem legitimate, some come with Tuck advertising to back pages
Hardcover Book
HOWARD DAVIE
CHARLES KINGSLEY
5 x 7.5 in.
22
illustrations LONDON MIDLAND AND SCOTTISH RAILWAY. SCOTCH EXPRESS (cover), CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS. THE "CONTINENTAL LIMITED", LONDON AND NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY. THE "FLYING SCOTSMAN", GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY THE CORNISH EXPRESS, PARIS, LYONS AND MEDITERRANEAN RAILWAY THE FAMOUS "BLUE TRAIN", GREAT INDIAN PENINSULAR RAILWAY. THE VICEREGAL TRAIN, BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD. THE "CAPITOL LIMITED" 252 pages
THE GOLDEN TREASURY LIBRARY
Undated, but approx 1920's-1930's. Red, green or blue cloth covers with pictorial pastedown illustration to front board, and gilt titles to spine. Some titles also come with cheaper linen type cloth cover with no picture. Catalogue to rear pages. Colour plate to frontispiece, plus five full page illustrations in text with several black and white drawings throughout. come with and without THE GOLDEN TREASURY LIBRARY on spine, originally issued with an ARTISTIC WRAPPER IN FULL COLOUR originally eight titles but expanded to twenty one, more titles listed but all seem legitimate, some come with Tuck advertising to back pages
Hardcover Book
BERNARD WAY
G. GIBBARD JACKSON
5 x 7.5 in.
23
red or green cloth covered boards with pictorial paste down colour illustration, title in gold to spine, on title page THE WATER-BABIES A FAIRY TALE FOR A LAND-BABY illustrations TOM WAS SO LONELY, TOM AT THE DAME'S SCHOOL, THE FAIRIES TAKE CARE OF TOM, TOM AND MRS. DOASYOUWOULDBEDONEBY, TOM IN THE ISLE OF TOMTODDIES
THE GOLDEN TREASURY LIBRARY
Undated, but approx 1920's-1930's. Red, green or blue cloth covers with pictorial pastedown illustration to front board, and gilt titles to spine. Some titles also come with cheaper linen type cloth cover with no picture. Catalogue to rear pages. Colour plate to frontispiece, plus five full page illustrations in text with several black and white drawings throughout. come with and without THE GOLDEN TREASURY LIBRARY on spine, originally issued with an ARTISTIC WRAPPER IN FULL COLOUR originally eight titles but expanded to twenty one, more titles listed but all seem legitimate, some come with Tuck advertising to back pages
Hardcover Book
MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL
CHARLES KINGSLEY
5 x 7.5 in.
24
illustrations SIGURD AND BRYNHILD, "HE MARRIED A LADY OF HIGH BIRTH", ANDVARI AND THE RHINE MAIDENS, "THEY CAME TO A CAVE BY THE SEA", HLADGRUN, OLRUN AND ALVIT,"THE CHILD SHOWED SIGNS OF AMAZING STRENGTH", ODIN AND FRIGGA 250 pages
THE GOLDEN TREASURY LIBRARY
Undated, but approx 1920's-1930's. Red, green or blue cloth covers with pictorial pastedown illustration to front board, and gilt titles to spine. Some titles also come with cheaper linen type cloth cover with no picture. Catalogue to rear pages. Colour plate to frontispiece, plus five full page illustrations in text with several black and white drawings throughout. come with and without THE GOLDEN TREASURY LIBRARY on spine, originally issued with an ARTISTIC WRAPPER IN FULL COLOUR originally eight titles but expanded to twenty one, more titles listed but all seem legitimate, some come with Tuck advertising to back pages
Hardcover Book
H.G. THEAKER
M. DOROTHY BELGRAVE AND HILDA HART
5 x 7.5 in.