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TANGLEWOOD TALES (For Girls and Boys; Being A Second Wonder Book)
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG++/No Jacket as Issued
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Mansonville, Quebec, Canada
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Boston-New York: Houghton-Mifflin Co., 1892. TANGLEWOOD TALES (For Girls and Boys; Being A Second Wonder Book)- Nathaniel Hawthorne- Illustrated by George Wharton Edwards- Houghton-Mifflin Co.- Boston-New York, The Riverside Press, Cambridge- 1892 (on title page) (c1887 in this edition)- Hardcover:- 4to- VG++/ no jacket as issued- Original beveled blue cloth with gilt titles on spine and cover, pastedown of Theseus slaying the Minotaur in gilt and black.- head and tail of spine very lightly rubbed and lightly frayed, as are the extremities. Textblock and spine are tight and square, book is clean-gilt is bright- A lovely copy!- 190pp are clean, no writing, couple of nicks and shalow tears not affecting text or illustrations- all edges are gilt.- PO dedication on ffep- SEE MY PHOTOS- Includes The Wayside, The Minotaur, The Pygmies, The Dragon's Teeth, Circe's Palace, The Pomegranate Seeds and The Golden Fleece- 22 full page and many in text, head and tail illustrations by George Wharton Edwards in b&w- Fiction-juvenile-mythology-adventure-illustrated (3784) . Later Edition. Fine Binding. VG++/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by George Wharton Edwards. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Synopsis
Tanglewood Tales for Boys and Girls , published in1853, is a book by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, a sequel to A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys. It is a re-writing of well-known Greek myths in a volume for children. The book includes the myths of: Theseus and the Minotaur (Chapter : "The Minotaur") Antaeus and the Pygmies (Chapter: "The Pygmies") Dragon's Teeth (Chapter: "The Dragon's Teeth") Circe's Palace (Chapter: "Circe's Palace") Proserpina, Ceres, Pluto, and the Pomegranate Seed (Chapter: "The Pomegranate Seed") Jason and the Golden Fleece (Chapter: "The Golden Fleece")
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- Bookseller
- jakoll
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3784
- Title
- TANGLEWOOD TALES (For Girls and Boys; Being A Second Wonder Book)
- Author
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Illustrator
- George Wharton Edwards
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton-Mifflin Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston-New York
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- Fiction-juvenile-mythology-adventure-illustrated
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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We specialize in Modern 1st Edition, Children's books, Vintage classics, vinyl records, original movie posters, sports cards, comics, postage stamps and coins.We only sell online at this time and have been doing so for over 30 years.
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- Fine Binding
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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