A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls by Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1900

New York: Mershon Co, ca 1900. Hardcover. Poor. Red cloth and flowered paper cover. Floral design in silver, title on spine. Spine is somewhat faded, worn on top and bottom. Edges are worn. Cover is almost completely separated from pages. First pages have cut out of bottom; text is not affected. Page loose in front.

P.R. Gawthorn Ltd., 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 238 pages. No dust jacket. Blue boards with gilt lettering to spine and front. Black and white illustrative plates to mid-section. Colour frontispiece. Binding remains firm. Crinkling to gutters. Front endpaper missing. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges causing discolouration. Gilt lettering is darkened. Boards are bowed. Book has a slight forward lean.

New York: A.L. Burt,, 1899. Reprint. . Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. moderate shelfwear, o vintage gift inscription, green cloth with boy in chair reading on the cover. 290 p.

Saalfield Pub. Co, January 1929. Hardcover. Good/Poor. Hardcover is in good condition with spine shaken but still in tact. Pages are significantly browned and brittle with no chips. Dust jacekt has tears and some chips missing on binding; covered in protective mylar sleeve.

A. L. Burt Company. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

A. L. Burt Company. Very Good. No publication date given; Preface dated 1851. Burgundy cloth covered boards with gold spine titles; edges worn; 12mo, 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; no jacket. Front hinge cracked; pencil marks on rear pastedown; a few pages with dark spots or stains, otherwise interior is clean and unmarked; 290 pages.

Ward, Lock & Co., 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated cloth. Colour illustrated frontispiece. Book has a slight smoky odour. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages and text block edges. Moderate cracking to gutters exposing netting but pages remain attached. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild sunning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

New York: A. L. Burt Company. Used-Good/NO DUSTJACKET. ........ Hardcover. 8vo., 290+ pp., Cracked hinges but binding solid. .

Akron OH NY: Saalfield publishing Co. 1929. Hard cover. Good. Signed by previous owner.. No bent corners. some binding separation but not bad. age shelf wear and yellowing paper. Old book .

Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1906. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1906. No Edition Remarks. 196 pages. No dust jacket. Teal pictorial boards with green lettering. Contains black and white illustrated plates by Walter Crane. Pages are notably thumb-marked, with moderate tanning and foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper, with rubbing and a few small nicks along text block edge. Moderate cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Plates are bright, although thumb-marked. Minor dog-eared corners. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with mild bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate tanning to spine, with visible crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Thumb-marking to surfaces.