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Tanglewood Tales
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/good
- Seller
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Meadows of Dan, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Cleveland, Ohio: The World Syndicate Publishing Company, c. 1930. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/good. 246 pages, illustrated with black and white drawings. Hawthorne's lovely collection of myths. Red cloth binding with black border on front cover and black titles on front cover and spine. Light edge wear, titles and color bright with a little darkening at edges, minor spotting of back cover, corners and spine ends a little bumped, interior pages tanned, binding tight. Green dust jacket illustrated with Pegasus in colors and blue titles on front cover and spine, publisher advertising on back and inside folds. Some chipping along edges, short tears at spine top and bottom and bottom folds, small hole in back fold, spotting, short tears along back bottom edge, colors bright, clipped corners.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Scraps of American History
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 01346
- Title
- Tanglewood Tales
- Author
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- The World Syndicate Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Date Published
- c. 1930
- Keywords
- fiction, classics, Greek myths and legends, literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Scraps of American History
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About the Seller
Scraps of American History
Biblio member since 2012
Meadows of Dan, Virginia
About Scraps of American History
Unique bookstore in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. We specialize in vintage and antiquarian volumes with an emphasis on history, but carry books on many subjects. Currently we are building a catalogue from a large collection. We have been members of Biblio.com since around 2001 under the name Greenberry House. Our descriptions are detailed and careful and we try to note every flaw. ALL of our books are photographed and show you the exact item you will receive. We ship within one business day of receipt of orders and generally do not add shipping charges to the amount on your original invoice.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
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