J. M. Dent & Sons, London, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: S. Van Abbe. Dust jacket is worn at edges, tiny chips and tears, and light sun-fading to spine. Size: 8vo Octavo (8 to 9 inches). Text body is clean. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Light foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Edges lightly foxed and browned. Embossed cloth, covers and spine, beautifully preserved. Illustrator: S. Van Abbe. ISBN: 0460050109. ISBN/EAN: 9780460050104.. 9780460050104

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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: Shiny Owl Books (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 17805
Title: Tanglewood Tales
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Illustrator: S. Van Abbe
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 0460050109
ISBN 13: 9780460050104
Publisher: J. M. Dent & Sons
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1974
Keywords: BZDB157 Children's Fiction; Myths, Legends & Folklore. S. Van Abbe ISBN: 0460050109 EAN: 9780460050104 Nathaniel Hawthorne Tanglewood Tales

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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...