Best way to purchase Thornton Burgess animal stories?

[Sunshine Mama]

I want something with beautifull illustrations but it looks like the only way to purchase these is the Dover Thrift Classics. Is this right?

[Alana in Canada]

I'm not sure. You want to see the Dovers--I bought a bunch from our libary's "used" booksale--only to have my daughter complain the print was too small to read (for a seven year old). Unfortuntely, she was right.

 

You can print them out yourself in whatever size font you wsh from Guttenberg. Here's the link for Buster Bear--just click on Burgess's name to see the other titles available. (There are quite a few!)

 

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22816

 

There are gorgeous pictures available for this download version:

 

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/22816/22816-h/22816-h.htm

 

hth.

[Vida Winter]

If you don't end up printing your own free version, check out used bookstores. The old hardback versions have nice large type. I've seen them in the $7 range.

 

~Dana

[readwithem]

If you don't end up printing your own free version, check out used bookstores. The old hardback versions have nice large type. I've seen them in the $7 range.

 

~Dana

 

Yep. I've seen lots at Half Price.

[yvonne]

I love the Burgess books, so I just kept an eye out on ebay and other used books sources and gradually collected them in hardback. (I don't like the feel of the Dover paperbacks...)

 

yvonne

[In The Great White North]

The old hardback versions have nice large type. I've seen them in the $7 range.

 

These are what I have and they are nice, comfy, old books. I got mine at the dump, books sales, garage sales, etc. I doubt if I paid more than $1 each.

[LoveBaby]

I purchased mine on ebay. They are the older, hardback versions with gorgeous illustrations.

[frogpond1]

here is a link, but I didn't check it out fully. They did a while ago when some of the books were still out of print.http://www.thorntonburgess.org/Book%20Mail%20Order.htm