Re: RARA-AVIS: Great Books for Boys

From: Edward Pettit (epetti01@yahoo.com)
Date: 12 Dec 2008

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    >Has anyone else run across this series--Great Books for Boys, published by Penguin Books?

    Actually there is a much bigger set available through the British Penguin site.  The Classic Boys' Adventure Set contains twelve volumes: http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/penguin_sets/classic_boysadventures.html

    But of more interest to this list is their Philip Marlowe Mysteries set, which also comes with a poster: http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/penguin_sets/philipmarlowe_mysteries.html

    and this Sherlock Holmes set with spectacular pulp covers: http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/penguin_sets/complete_sherlockholmes.html

    Enough pimping for Penguin,

    Ed

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    ________________________________ From: Jeff Vorzimmer <jvorzimmer@austin.rr.com> To: RARA-AVIS <rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 10:45:03 PM Subject: RARA-AVIS: Great Books for Boys

    Has anyone else run across this series--Great Books for Boys, published by Penguin Books? I stumbled on to it tonight at my favorite local independent bookstore. They're all books I would have loved as a boy myself. Beautifully printed with beautiful covers. There are six in the series so far:

    The Thirty-Nine Steps John Buchan She H. Rider Haggard

    The Man Who Was Thursday G. K. Chesterton

    The Riddle of the Sands Erskine Childers

    The Lost World Arthur Conan Doyle

    The Prisoner of Zenda Anthony Hope

    Here's a link to the website: http://us.penguingr oup.com/nf/ Search/AdvSearch Proc/1,,S451, 00.html

    Jeff

     

          

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