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TANGLEWOOD TALES: A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1890. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo. No date, C. 1890 - prize bookplate dated 1893. Pp. 379. Contemporary full polished tan calf prize binding with extensive gilt tooled decoration to the spine, black title label, gilt dentelles to edges. All edges marbled blue to match end papers. Binding fine with a little rubbing to edges and joints. Contents clean and tight, prize plate to the front paste-down, otherwise no inscriptions, paper clean and bright, minimal spotting to page edges. A superb copy that would make a fine gift..
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
- Loe Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014571
- Title
- TANGLEWOOD TALES: A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys
- Author
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1890
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- History - World;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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