Set of 5 antique Little Leather Library miniature books from the 1920s, the tiny leather-bound classics originally sold at Woolworth's five-and-dime.
Titles included:
- The Courtship of Miles Standish by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Other Poems by Samuel T. Coleridge
- Poems and Plays by Robert Browning
- Fifty Best Poems of America
- The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde
Four red covers and one green. Each measures about 3" x 3 3/4".
Please read condition carefully: these are over 100 years old and show it. Several volumes have the text block separated from the leather cover. Fifty Best Poems of America has a torn, loose title page. The Ancient Mariner has a torn title page edge and a water stain. The Browning volume has a torn title page edge. Priced accordingly as a fixer-upper collector set, best for display or gentle reading.