Books published by publisher Nelson Doubleday Inc [1976]

This is a book from the Junior Deluxe Editions series published between 1947 and 1968 by mainly Nelson Doubleday Inc. and J.P. Lippincott Co. All of the illustrations are done by different illustrators. This book, THE BLACK ARROW, is a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1984), first published in 1888. It is both an historical adventure novel and a romance novel. The Black Arrow tells the story of Richard (Dick) Shelton during the Wars of the Roses: how he becomes a knight, rescues his lady Joanna Sedley, and obtains justice for the murder of his father, Sir Harry Shelton. Outlaws in Tunstall Forest organized by Ellis Duckworth, whose weapon and calling card is a black arrow, cause Dick to suspect that his guardian Sir Daniel Brackley and his retainers are responsible for his father's murder. Dick's suspicions are enough to turn Sir Daniel against him, so he has no recourse but to escape from Sir Daniel and join the outlaws of the Black Arrow against him. This struggle sweeps him up into the greater conflict surrounding them all. This Junior Deluxe Edition book was illustrated by Lawrence Beall Smith (1909-1989), a premier American painter, sculptor, lithographer and illustrator of the twentieth century. Smith began exhibiting his art in 1935 and gained a strong national reputation by 1941 when a one-man exhibition of his art was launched at the Whitney Museum in New York. During World War II he created posters for the war effort and was an artist for the D-Day landings in Normandy.

Best in Children's Books, Volume 2 edited by Mary Macnab and Gladys Schwarcz. Nelson Doubleday. Garden City, New York. 1957. The contents of Volume 2 include Aesop's Fables illustrated by Tony Palazzo; Houses Old and New written and illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham; Jack and the Beanstalk edited by Mary Macnab and illustrated by Henry C. Pitz; Mr. Apple Names the Children written by Jean McDevitt and illustrated by Ninon; Goldilocks and the Three Bears illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky; Best Loved Singing Games written by Clement Wood and Gloria Goddard illustrated by Polly Jackson; Lollypops and Automobiles and How They Are Made written by Mary Elting and illustrated by Leonard Kessler; Our Neighbors in Space written by Willy Ley and illustrated by Chesley Bonestell; Jerry and the Pony Express written by Sanford Tousey and illustrated by Walter Seaton; and This Is Holland with color photographs and an illustrative map. Best in Children's Books was a reading program for youngsters, for which a staff of experts assembled each month a collection of the world's best children's literature, old and new. These volumes, richly illustrated in color by famous artists, are packed from cover to cover with full-length books, poetry, historical adventures, games, fairy tales, nature, science and geography sections -- a wide variety of wholesome reading.

Anthology of children's stories. Contents: "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel DeFoe (abridged), illustrated by Edward Shenton; "Michael Who Missed His Train" by Dorothy and Marguerite Bryan, illustrated by Grace Paull; "The Princess on the Glass Hill" (Norse Folk Tale) illustrated by Lawrence Beall Smith; "The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean" by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm, illustrated by Idelette Bordigoni; "Clara Barton, Angel of the Battlefield" by Smith Burnham, illustrated by Polly Jackson; "Card Games Are Fun" by Alfred Sheinwold, illustrated by Andy Warhol; "Why Men Hunt Rocks" (no author noted), color photographs; "The Story of Chan Yuc" by Dorothy Rhoads, illustrated by Bobri; "Let's Go to Turkey" (no author noted), color photographs, full-color illustrated map.

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Best in Children's Books, Volume 12 edited by Mary Macnab and Gladys Schwarcz. Nelson Doubleday. Garden City, New York. 1958. The contents of Volume 12 include With Alice in Wonderland, selections adapted from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", written by Lewis Carroll and illustrated by John Tenniel; The Man Who Didn't Wash His Dishes written by Phyllis Krasilovsky and illustrated by Peter Spier; The Three Little Kittens illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; The Sun Keeps Us Warm written by Victor C. Smith, Katherine Clarke, and W. R. Teeters and illustrated by George Guisti; Plink Plink! written and illustrated by Ethel and Leonard Kessler; America's Lake and River Fish illustrated with color photographs; Val Rides the Oregon Trail written by Sanford Tousey and Illustrated by Edward Shenton; and Let's Visit Brazil with color photographs and an illustrative map. Best in Children's Books was a reading program for youngsters, for which a staff of experts assembled each month a collection of the world's best children's literature, old and new. These volumes, richly illustrated in color by famous artists, are packed from cover to cover with full-length books, poetry, historical adventures, games, fairy tales, nature, science and geography sections -- a wide variety of wholesome reading.

Best in Children's Books, Volume 21 edited by Mary Macnab and Gladys Schwarcz. Nelson Doubleday. Garden City, New York. 1959. The contents of Volume 21 include The Winged Horse: Pegasus written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and illustrated by Colleen Browning; Lion Cub written by Hamilton Williamson and illustrated by Feodor Rajankovsky; Animal Crackers and Other Poems written by Christopher Morley and illustrated by Barbara Cooney; Rapunzel written by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm and illustrated by Lawrence Beall Smith; Milly and Her Dogs written by Lena Barksdale and illustrated by Theresa Sherman; The Magic Porridge Pot illustrated by Andy Warhol; Bob and the Railroad written by Sanford Tousey and illustrated by Ray Houlihan; Exploring Caves illustrated with color photographs; Rabbits as Pets written by Margery Bianco and illustrated by Phoebe Erickson; The True Book of Building written by Jerome Leavitt and illustrated by Harvey Weiss; and Let's Visit Bermuda with color photographs and an illustrative map. Best in Children's Books was a reading program for youngsters, for which a staff of experts assembled each month a collection of the world's best children's literature, old and new. These volumes, richly illustrated in color by famous artists, are packed from cover to cover with full-length books, poetry, historical adventures, games, fairy tales, nature, science and geography sections -- a wide variety of wholesome reading.