3 volumes of The Treasure Chest, From the Tower Window ,The Latch Key 1920s Olive Miller. All 3 books are in very good vintage condition U aix
Item Description
Title: My Bookhouse (3-Volume Set Completion Lot)
Volume 4: The Treasure Chest
Volume 5: From the Tower Window
Volume 6: The Latch Key
Editor: Olive Beaupré Miller
Publisher: The Bookhouse for Children, Chicago
Date/Edition: 1920s Early Edition (True First Edition Series Runs)
Format: Large Quarto (4to) Hardcovers (Featuring the iconic, beautifully embossed pictorial cloth covers with vibrant pastedown illustration windows on the front boards)
Detailed Description
This listing features a magnificent 3-volume lot from the legendary My Bookhouse children's library, edited by Olive Beaupré Miller in the 1920s. Miller revolutionized juvenile anthologies by grading literature strictly according to a child's developmental growth. This specific three-book run represents the advanced half of the highly coveted, original 6-volume foundational set, taking young readers from intermediate fairy tales up to foundational historical epics, world folklore, and literary guides.
Included in this lot:
The Treasure Chest (Volume 4): Packed with advanced fairy tales, adventure stories, and legendary folklore from around the globe.
From the Tower Window (Volume 5): Features soaring heroic legends, sweeping romantic myths, and introductions to the world's great epic poems.
The Latch Key (Volume 6): The vital, crucial final cornerstone of the original set. It serves as a fascinating reference guide, providing biographies of the authors, geographical and historical indexes, and the famous ethical theme indexes designed for parents and educators.
These 1920s printings are universally celebrated for their breathtaking, full-color and duotone Art Deco illustrations accompanying every single page. They are gorgeous standalone decorator items, brilliant family reading copies, or the exact final three books needed to complete an unbroken, original 6-volume collection.
Condition Report
Overall Condition: Very Good vintage condition across all three books.
Bindings & Structure: All three volumes are structurally tight, square, and sound. The heavy, oversized text blocks are firmly attached to the backstrips, and the inner hinges are completely secure and un-cracked—a massive selling point since these thick children's books were routinely split by excited young readers.
Exteriors: The cloth covers show great shelf presentation. The vibrant, iconic front pastedown illustration windows are intact and clean. Expect only light corner rubbing and minor softening at the spine tips consistent with careful decade-spanning storage.
Interiors: The text blocks are clean, flat, and complete. Remarkably free from the childhood scribbles, crayon marks, name inscriptions, or heavy page tears that plague most surviving 1920s children's literature. Pages show a light, natural uniform age-toning, keeping the stunning colorful artwork crisp and bright.
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