A Wonder Book: For Girls & Boys
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG++/VG+
- Seller
-
Brooklyn, New York, United States
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About This Item
SPLENDID COPY of the Edition De Luxe w/ the Scarce Dust Wrapper & Custom-Made Box
This Edition Deluxe is #44 of 250 copies with 60 designs by Walter Crane.
Nineteen of these are beautifully detailed full-pg tipped-in color lithographs mounted within
gilt borders.
Small 4to, cream & gilt embossed with blind-stamped design, lovely gilt & cream eps and tissue guards issued loose to protect the plates (see publ note still present.) Accompanied by an olive green gilt silk dj (dj has 1/8" closed tear at bottom front spine which has been neatly repaired- archival glue. Only visible from behind - not on the green side. There was a crack at the top of spine edge which has been neatly repaired.
Housed in a gilt-lettered drop-back blue box also VG.
This Edition Deluxe is #44 of 250 copies with 60 designs by Walter Crane.
Nineteen of these are beautifully detailed full-pg tipped-in color lithographs mounted within
gilt borders.
Small 4to, cream & gilt embossed with blind-stamped design, lovely gilt & cream eps and tissue guards issued loose to protect the plates (see publ note still present.) Accompanied by an olive green gilt silk dj (dj has 1/8" closed tear at bottom front spine which has been neatly repaired- archival glue. Only visible from behind - not on the green side. There was a crack at the top of spine edge which has been neatly repaired.
Housed in a gilt-lettered drop-back blue box also VG.
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
- Enchanted Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8
- Title
- A Wonder Book
- Author
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Illustrator
- Crane, Walter, Fine Illustrated,
- Format/Binding
- Cream gilt with embossed design
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition De Luxe
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin / Riverside Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1893
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fine Illustrated, Walter Crane, Hawthorne, mythology, custom-box
- Size
- Small 4to
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All other items are returnable after 10 days of receipt, with prior notification, for a full refund. See return instructions below.
If paying by check the check must be in U.S. Dollars.
Please make check payable to: Enchanted Books
Books will be shipped after check is received
About the Seller
Enchanted Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2011
Brooklyn, New York
About Enchanted Books, ABAA
Enchanted Books is a woman owned business founded in 1985.
Being artists we focus on the visual. From the illustrated classic - to a 1st edition picture book - to the scarce - to the one- of -a -kind.
We are located in Brooklyn, New York by appointment only.
Being artists we focus on the visual. From the illustrated classic - to a 1st edition picture book - to the scarce - to the one- of -a -kind.
We are located in Brooklyn, New York by appointment only.
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