A Wonder Book
by HAWTHORNE Nathaniel
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Powys, Powys, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton. Very Good. 1922. Hardcover. no date, but ink inscription Xmas 1922, 207pp, 10 x 8", frontis and 23 coloured plates by Arthur Rackham, + 24 black and white illustrations, bound in red cloth with a dustwrapper. the dustwrapper is chipped, rubbed and darkened; Quarto .
Synopsis
Classical myths retold by Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of the masters of American literature--King Midas with his Golden Touch, Pandora's Box, The Adventure of Hercules in quest of the golden apples, Bellerophon and the Chimaera, Baucis and Philomon, Perseus, and Medusa.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Castle Hill Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 61296
- Title
- A Wonder Book
- Author
- HAWTHORNE Nathaniel
- Illustrator
- Arthur Rackham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- Arthur, Rackham
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens , Illustrated, Plate Books;
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Castle Hill Books
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About Castle Hill Books
We are an antiquarian and Out of Print Bookseller located on the Welsh Border in the UK, with a large stock of books on all subjects.
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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...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...