The Young People's Book-shelf - Second Section of 10 volumes (complete) : Stories Grandmother Knew, Tales for Bedtime, Stories of School Days, Two- and Four-Footed Friends, The Book of Laughter, Five Old Favorites, Stories of the Republic, Tales Stranger than Fiction, Tales of Olden Time, Stories from the Best of Books de Jack London, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Catherine Sinclair, Thomas Day, Lewis Carroll, Theodore Roosevelt, Bret Harte, Charles Dickens, Louisa M. Alcott, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and others. Edited by Katherine N. Birdsall - 1909

New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1909. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcovers, 10 volume matched set containing the entire second series of the Young People's Book-shelf, purchased from the original family in the early 1980s. All 10 volumes square bindings and are similar in color. This is pointed out because the photos may shows some variations or bowing of the boards, which was only caused by the camera. There are a couple volumes that have a slightly lower condition rating, but this is only because of they have small tears at the bottom of the spine cloth. This issue can be seen on the photo showing all 10 spines. All the books have good interior binding, there are no hinge cracks, no handwriting, no bookplates or any other markings. All of the text pages are clean and without issues. Some of the titles would grade as VG+ only because of the small tear at the bottom of the spine, others grade as a high near fine to fine condition. Overall grade of all 10 volumes has been give a low near fine condition to borderline VG+. All the boards show various degrees of minor corner bumps/wear and some random scuffs and spots on the exterior page edges. Exterior do show a bit of toning and spotting in spots and all the spines show some sunning. There is no publication date listed but this series was published in 1909 (ref: The Publisher's Weekly, No. 1976 - Dec 11, 1909, page 1881) . If you would like additional photos please feel free to ask. All books have been placed in their own acid-free archival poly bag for protection.