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TANGLEWOOD TALES (For Girls and Boys; Being A Second Wonder Book)
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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Mansonville, Quebec, Canada
Item Price
NZ$309.69NZ$247.76
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About This Item
Boston-New York: Houghton-Mifflin Co., 1887. TANGLEWOOD TALES (For Girls and Boys; Being A Second Wonder Book)- Nathaniel Hawthorne- Illustrated by George Wharton Edwards- Houghton-Mifflin Co.- Boston-New York, The Riverside Press, Cambridge- 1887- 1st Edition-1st Printing-Thus- no further date on copyright page( 1st Edition in this format with illustrator being Edwards)- Hardcover:- 4to- FINE/ no jacket as issued- book in protective mylar jacket- Original beveled blue cloth with gilt titles on spine and cover, pastedown of Theseus slaying the Minotaur in gilt and black.- Very minimal wear to extremities- Textblock and spine are tight and square, book is clean-gilt is bright on cover and spine- A lovely copy!- 190pp are clean, no writing anywhere, all edges are gilt and very well preserved- SEE MY PHOTOS- Includes The Wayside, The Minotaur, The Pygmies, The Dragon's Teeth, Circe's Palace, The Pomegranate Seeds and The Golden Fleece- 22 full page and many in text, head and tail illustrations by George Wharton Edwards in b&w- Fiction-juvenile-mythology-adventure-illustrated (3785). 1st Edition-1st Printing-Thus. Fine Binding. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by George Wharton Edwards. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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
- jakoll
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3785
- Title
- TANGLEWOOD TALES (For Girls and Boys; Being A Second Wonder Book)
- Author
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Illustrator
- George Wharton Edwards
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- 1st Edition-1st Printing-Thus
- Publisher
- Houghton-Mifflin Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston-New York
- Date Published
- 1887
- Keywords
- Fiction-juvenile-mythology-adventure-illustrated
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Terms of Sale
jakoll
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About the Seller
jakoll
Biblio member since 2007
Mansonville, Quebec
About jakoll
We specialize in Modern 1st Edition, Children's books, Vintage classics, vinyl records, original movie posters, sports cards, comics, postage stamps and coins.We only sell online at this time and have been doing so for over 30 years.
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.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- 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....
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