The Yearling (Scribner's Illustrated Classics)

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. Wyeth, N. C.. One of a lovely series of classic books for young readers illustrated by famous artists of the day, this one by N. C. Wyeth, who went to Florida to study the story's setting & craft his pictures. Orig. published in 1938, this is the first Scribner edition with the Wyeth illustrations from 1939, though research suggests this is a 1967 reprint. The hardcover book has bright yellow cloth-covered boards with a colorful paper pastedown to the front board. In 400 pages with decorative endpapers & 14 internal illustrations, all full-page, full-color. Condition is VG+: very clean, binding straight & strong, pages off-white. A few coffee-colored spots to outside bottom page edges. The price-clipped DJ is downgraded to only Good due to many short tears & a longer long (3") ascending from bottom edge of back cover. Also, old tape & another tear along top edge of back cover, across top spine, & onto top edge of front cover. Otherwise, colorful & bright; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.