Dear Beyond Little House:
I hope you might be able to help. I am looking for a set of the books but with specific cover art. I think the reprint was around 1982/83. This is the set my mum bought me when I was young, but unfortunately I no longer have them and want to give a set to my daughter. Silly or not, I would like these books to be the same ones that I had. I live in the UK but am happy to pay whatever it takes to have a full set shipped.
Thanks, Sian
Dear Sian:
Were you living in Great Britain then? Were they paperback or hardcover? The common paperback set at the time had Garth Williams illustrations in full color like the yellow edition at left. The books from Harpers had a yellow border as in the example, those from Reader’s Digest had a blue border, and in those from Scholastic the image was slightly enlarged, with no border.
During this same time period in the UK, Puffin produced a paperback version of the set. Those books looked like the example on the right.
Are either of these the sets for which you are searching? I am not sure about any hardback British editions. I don’t think I have seen any hardbacks that were British, although living in the US, I might easily have missed them.
Sarah S. Uthoff
UPDATE: The original poster was actually looking for the set below. Check out some follow up information in the comments. I don’t have a United Kingdom edition specific source for online books if anyone does please share. SSU 4-21-2011
UK edition