Great American Short Stories 1953

Offering this book titled Great American Short Stories - from the late 19th century, published by The Cuneo Press, 1953. Original illustrations created just for this volume. Stories included are How Santa Claus Came to Simpson's Bar by Bret Harte, Marjorie Daw by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, The Great Stone Face by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County by Mark Twain, My Double, and How He Undid Me by Edward Everett Hale, Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, and the Tar Baby by Joel Chandler Harris, The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticutt by Mark Twain, An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce, The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe, and The Christmas Broadcast by Pope Pius XII. Red cloth hardboards with gold lettering and design on spine. Good++ condition, no spine cracks or fraying. Very slight fading of red on spine. Top page edges are tipped in gold gilt. Pages are clean and crisp, no scribbles or tears. Great illustrations throughout. A nice collection of short stories for your enjoyment!