The World's One Thousand Best Poems by Braley, Berton, Ed - 1929: Volume Four: Davis - Griffin

Volume five of ten in Funk & Wagnall's series The World's One Thousand Best Poems. Blue fabric covered boards show wear at the corners and edges and a small soiled area on the rear cover. Gilt on the spine is almost worn off. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The third photo shows the first of five pages of the Table of Contents. Features many dozens of poets, most with more than one entry. Most represented are Robert Herrick with 12 poems, John Keats with 11, Thomas Hood with 8 and Oliver Wendell Holmes with 7.
I have other volumes of this set, so if you are starting a collection or trying to complete one, I suggest searching further. When buying multiple volumes, you save a lot on postage.

Volume two of ten in Funk & Wagnall's 1929 series The World's One Thousand Best Poems. This volume contains poems from the Bible and 32 other poets. Photo #3 shows the first of four pages in the table of contents. If you have part of this series, here's another, or maybe you can start collecting with this one. I have a few others that will be listed in upcoming days. Buy more, save postage.

Volume three of ten in Funk & Wagnall's series The World's One Thousand Best Poems. Blue fabric covered boards with nearly invisible gilt print on the spine. Fabric shows mild wear at the corners. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Photo #3 shows the first of four pages of the table of contents. Includes five poems each from Lewis Carrol, Geoffrey Chaucer, G. K. Chesterton, Samuel Coleridge, and Confucius.

Hardbound. Fine. 10 volumes. Small 12mo. New York & London (Funk & Wagnalls) (1929) Blue cloth. A very good set, with bookplate of Blanche Jennings Thompson.