Text is clean. Cover shows only light wear. Dust jacket is chipped at corners and spine ends. Dime sized chip missing from lower corner of front panel of DJ. Includes introduction by John Gerber. ; Toledano binding style '8', Kent Endpapers, Dust jacket style 'i', listing 371 titles. 5th of 5 dust jacket releases. Homeschool Curricula: [Bloom, Who Should We Then Read? , pp.125-126] [Berquist, Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum, pg. 160 (9th grade) ] [Webster's Dictionary of American Authors, (Major Works of American Literature) pg. 483] [VanMeter, America in Historical Fiction, 33 (The Age of Exploration and Colonization of America 1492-1775 - Colonial America ) ] [Adamson, American Historial Fiction, 68 - (1600-1699 The North American European Settlers) ] [Kilpatrick & Wolfe, Books that Build Character (Historical Fiction - Older Readers) pg. 190 (Title listed, not this edition) ] [Burt: The Novel 100 - A Ranking of the Greatest Novels of All Time, #42] ; Modern Library; Vol. 93.3; 0.8 x 7 x 4.8 Inches; 300 pages