(Please note that all Timeless Classic Books have been carefully formatted manually with full annotation and proper photo and/or illustration placement since our start in 2010/2011. Each cover is designed with paid or public domain artwork that is pertinent to the title. Each and ever cover is unique. None have ever been used twice.)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1891-92) brings together the first twelve short stories Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote about Holmes and Watson. These follow Holmes's introduction in the first two novels, A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four.
Price: $0.01
"What is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures?"For over 125 years John Tenniel's superb illustrations for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland have been the perfect complement to Lewis Carroll's timeless story. In that time Alice has been illustrated by numerous artists, but not one has come close to matching the universal appeal of the original pictures.
This is the first Alice to reproduce Ternniel's exquisite drawings from prints taken directly from the original wood engravings. Here, Tenniel's fine line work is far crisper, delicate shadings are reproduced with more subtlety, and details never seen before are now visible.
Like most nineteenth-century children's books, the pictures for Alice were created by transferring the artist's drawings to woodblocks, But with Alice, the original blocks served as masters from which metal plates were made for printing. Unfortunately, these plates deteriorated from the repeated pressure applied during printing, and over time, many of the fine lines in Tenniel's pictures simply vanished altogether.As the year-, passed, the original woodblocks disappeared and were believed lost; then, in 1985 they were discovered in a London bank vault.
Now, for the first time, prints from these woodblocks have been used to produce a deluxe gift edition with clearer, more detailed images than have ever been seen before. At last, readers can see the Alice that Carroll and Tenniel had originally envisioned.
Price: $27.00
Discover the classics! Beautifully designed and carefully abridged, Troll Illustrated Classics are the perfect introductions to the world’s best-loved literature.
Price: $4.57
This lavishly illustrated book recasts for a whole new generation of children, from ages three and up, the touching drama of the March family--spirited Jo, beautiful Meg, sensitive Beth, and romantic Amy--as they make their transition from girlhood to womanhood. Children's Picture Book. Ages 3 up. 42 color photographs throughout from the hit film starring Winona Ryder.
Price: $2.46
MOST of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred; one or two were experiences of my own, the rest those of boys who were schoolmates of mine. Huck Finn is drawn from life; Tom Sawyer also, but not from an individual - he is a combina tion of the characteristics of three boys whom I knew, and therefore belongs to the composite order of archi tecture.
Price: $1.50
The Secret Garden opens the door to the innermost places in the heart. Written in 1911, adults may be surprised at the modern themes: the ability of mental beliefs to create health, the strength of group optimism, and the restorative power of nature. Mary, unloved and selfish, finds friendship and happiness helping her equally self-centered cousin become strong and healthy. Nature's powerful magic -- the mystery of life itself, birth, renewal, love and joy -- touches both Mary and her cousin as they toil to revive their secret garden. Adults and children alike will enjoy listening to every word of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic. This unabridged audiobook is read by British actress Wanda McCaddon. This classic childhood tale of friendship was the basis for the acclaimed 1993 motion picture, as well as several other motion picture versions and an award-winning Broadway musical. 6 cassettes.
Price: $7.76
Uncle Tom's Cabin is an American classic written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Harriet Beecher Stowe was appalled by slavery, and she took one of the few options open to nineteenth-century women who wanted to affect public opinion: she wrote a novel, a huge, enthralling narrative that claimed the heart, soul, and politics of pre-Civil War Americans. An overtly moralistic work of unabashed propaganda, it is an attempt to make whites North and South see slaves as mothers, fathers, and children as human beings. Her basic question remains penetrating even today: Is man ever a creature to be trusted with wholly irresponsible power? Uncle Tom's Cabin is an American classic that every American should read.
Price: $3.75
The wish spoken by Dorian Gray as he looks at his portrait forms the basis of the plot of this story of a gilded and spoilt hedonist who is willing to sell his soul for his beauty.
Price: $25.00
The Jungle Book is Rudyard Kipling's classic tale of a lost boy raised by animals in the wilds of India. Mowgli is a young boy in the jungle. He has no human parents or companions. But what he does have is a bear, a panther, and other creatures who advise and befriend him. Together they face many dangers and adventures, as Mowgli finds himself in the clutches of the Monkey People, and confronts the wrath of Shere Khan, the tiger who separated him from his human family. Generating numerous stage and screen adaptations since it was written in the 1890s, The Jungle Book is one of the best-known and best-loved works of fiction in the world.
Price: $4.95
