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Tanglewood Tales for Girls and Boys, Being a Second Wonder-Book
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Plus/No DJ
- Seller
-
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. No published date specified - copyright 1897, inscription shows 1901. Light blue boards, gilt lettering and scroll work on spine, dark green/gilt/yellow/brown art deco illustration of woman and lions on front and back, 264 numbered pages. Boards rubbed along edges, lightly surface rubbed. Previous owner's inscription in ink on ffep, tissue covering frontispiece separated (3/4 inch) at top edge, title page separated (1.5 inch) at bottom edge. Cracked at page 173 but binding tight. A scattering of thumb marks and slight smudges, light foxing on pages 220-221, 227-232, otherwise pages clean. Overall, good plus.. Hard Cover. Good Plus/No DJ. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lindenlea Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003360
- Title
- Tanglewood Tales for Girls and Boys, Being a Second Wonder-Book
- Author
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
- Keywords
- Nathaniel Hawthorne, Tanglewood Tales, Wonder Book
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's;
Terms of Sale
Lindenlea Books
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About the Seller
Lindenlea Books
Biblio member since 2019
Ottawa, Ontario
About Lindenlea Books
We are located in Ottawa (Ontario, Canada), and started selling books online in 2009. We offer a wide range of topics, with a focus on signed modern Canadian first editions. Please feel free to contact us by email if you have a question regarding any of our books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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