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Hardcover. Condizione: VERY GOOD. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. VG/G. First Thus. 1958. Nelson Doubleday, Garden City: NY. Very Good. No markings. Hardcover. Pink pictorial boards VG, with gray spine, decorated endpapers w/ contents listed, deckled edges. Dust jacket present chipping at head & tail, several edge tears and creases, rubbing to extremities, corner losses; panels bright and legible. Clean interior with light tanning. Binding sound but hinges starting. Light offsetting endpages, not ex-library. Illustrations throughout with color and B&W art by Fritz Kredel, Ethel Kessler, Leonard Kessler, and others. Classic 1958 Nelson Doubleday anthology opening with Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and featuring stories by Phyllis Krasilovsky and Sanford Tousey. 1958 Nelson Doubleday hardcover anthology featuring Alice in Wonderland & other illustrated children's classics. Midcentury vintage storybook for readers & collectors. Ships from the USA, quickly and with care. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SYNOPSIS & HISTORY: Published in 1958 by Nelson Doubleday, this twelfth volume in the Best in Children's Books series presents a charming anthology of midcentury children's literature and educational stories (dust jacket flap; WorldCat OCLC 1034952782). The volume opens with Lewis Carroll's beloved tale 'Alice in Wonderland,' adapted for young readers and paired with vivid color illus. by Fritz Kredel. Additional stories include Phyllis Krasilovsky's humorous 'The Man Who Didn't Wash His Dishes,' the classic nursery rhyme 'The Three Little Kittens,' and the educational science feature 'The Sun Keeps Us Warm' by Victor G. Smith, Katherine Clark, and W. R. Teeters. Ethel and Leonard Kessler's 'Plink Plink!' adds playful energy, while Sanford Tousey's 'Val Rides the Oregon Trail' offers an adventurous frontier journey. Nonfiction selections 'America's Lake and River Fish' and 'Let's Visit Brazil' round out the volume with nature and geography lessons. Combining classic literature, educational nonfiction, and color illus. from leading midcentury artists, this 1958 edition captures the spirit of postwar American childhood reading. Designed as part of Nelson Doubleday's collectible Best in Children's Books series, it remains a vibrant reflection of the Golden Age of children's publishing and a treasured keepsake for collectors of vintage storybooks (Internet Archive scan; publisher copy). Fritz Kredel, Ethel Kessler, Leonard Kessler, Katherine Clarke, W. R. Teeters (illustratore).…