1907 Nutshell Library Pocket Classics Set of Three | Longfellow, Irving & Lamb | Sherwin Cody School of English

A charming set of three miniature literary introductions from the famed Nutshell Library series, published in 1907 by the Sherwin Cody School of English of Rochester, New York. Designed as concise introductions to great authors and their most celebrated works, these attractive pocket-sized volumes feature distinctive black-and-cream Art Nouveau-inspired patterned wrappers. Included in this set are: An Evening with Longfellow An Evening with Irving An Evening with Lamb Each volume contains biographical sketches alongside carefully selected excerpts and writings intended to introduce readers to the works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Washington Irving, and Charles Lamb. Their compact size made them ideal companions for travel, study, or bedside reading during the early twentieth century. Condition: Very good overall for age. Bindings sound. Light age toning to pages. Moderate rubbing and wear to spine edges and extremities, with some loss to the black paper covering along portions of the spines, as shown. Interiors clean and highly presentable. Size: Each volume measures approximately 3 3/4” x 5 1/4”. A delightful and increasingly uncommon surviving set of early twentieth-century pocket literary classics.