Includes 12 mini-books. These were a series of small (5 1/2 x 4") editions of classic novels published in the 1970's and 80's which had been abridged and simplified so that a young reader could grasp the story and encounter key sections of the original dialogue and narration of a classic work of literature. One of the most notable features was the illustrations that accompanied each page of the narrative, as well as the vividly-depicted covers, which had a simple, Van Gogh-like beauty in their coloring and style. Titles include: Great Expectations / Captains Courageous / The Oregon Trail / Treasure Island / A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Ben-Hur / A Journey to the Center of the Earth / Moby Dick / Last of the Mohicans / Oliver Twist / Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Hound of the Baskervilles / The Mutiny on Board H.M. S. Bounty.