Scribner's Illustrated Classics for Young Readers:
Text 1: Kidnapped: The Adventures of David Balfour by Robert Louis Stevenson, Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925, 289 pp, 9.5 x 7".
Text 2: The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses, by Robert Louis Stevenson, Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926, 328 pp, 9.5 x 7".
Text 3: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927, 273 pp, 9.5 x 7".
Text 4: The Deerslayer or The First War-Path by James Fenimore Cooper, with pictures by N.C. Wyeth. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929, 462 pp, 9.5 x 7".
In fair condition. Cloth boards are all scuffed at edges & either bumped or worn at corners. General soiling to all boards, Text 3 exhibits water dampness staining to rear board. Heads and tails of spines either collapsed or rubbed. Gilt lettering and deco on spines is chipped in some places, but all still legible. Top edge of Text 4 painted red. Water dampness staining to Texts 1-3 to top and fore-edges. Some gutters are fragile, but none are split. All plates in all texts are present, clean, and bright. Bindings are intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing.
Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945), known as N.C. Wyeth, was an American painter and illustrator. He was a student of Howard Pyle and became one of America's most well-known illustrators. Wyeth created more than 3,000 paintings and illustrated 112 books - 25 of them for Scribner's, The Scribner Classics, which is the body of work for which he is best known. Wyeth was a realist painter at a time when the camera and photography began to compete with his craft. Sometimes seen as melodramatic, his illustrations were designed to be understood quickly. He is the father of Andrew Wyeth and the grandfather of Jamie Wyeth, also well-known American painters.
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