WONDER-BOOK
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Endicott, New York, United States
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About This Item
The MacMillan Company, New York, 1931. 5.75" X 4.25" in black cloth with gilt titles. Titles have faded substantially and are barely legible; minor wear, but clean, tight, and unmarked. 236pp. Adapted for school use by L. E. Wolfe.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.
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
- THE BOOK VAULT (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IB787
- Title
- WONDER-BOOK
- Author
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The MacMillan Company, New York
- Date Published
- 1931
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.