Franconia Stories by Jacob Abbott | 1850s Antique Set of 5 Children's Reading Textbooks | Set includes 5 of the 10 in the series Adult Fiction • Book of the Month

• Book of the Month Club edition

but this is a particularly old piece

• Pages have yellowed a bit but are otherwise in great shape

• Fraying on the cover edges

1931 (original copyright 1926 for private printing)

Franconia Stories by Jacob Abbott | 1850s Antique Set of 5 Children's Reading Textbooks | Set includes 5 of the 10 in the series Adult Fiction • Book of the MonthThe Franconia Stories is a series of children's novels written in the 1850s by Jacob Abbott, published by Harper & Brothers. This collection includes five the 10 books published in the late 1850s including: Mary Erskine (#3) , Mary Bell (#4), Beechnut (#5), Caroline (#9), and Agnes (#10). These are not first editions, but they are very old, and according to the website jacobabbott, were all likely published in the late 1850s. An beautiful collection