A Wonder Book
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1935. Book. Illus. by Rackham, Arthur. Very Good. Cloth. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Garden City: Grosset & Dunlap, c. 1935. Reprint of 1851 edition. No publication date. Yellow cloth binding with full-size Rackham illustration on front board. Decorated endpapers, color frontispiece plus 6 illustrations, decorations all by Rackham. 207 pp. Spine darkened, coin-sized rub on front board corner, some edgewear on rear board. Name inside front cover. An interesting reprint, still in very good condition..
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
- Rose's Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003215
- Title
- A Wonder Book
- Author
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Illustrator
- Rackham, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1935
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Literature and Fiction; Rare Children's Books;
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About the Seller
Rose's Books, IOBA
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts
About Rose's Books, IOBA
Rose's Books is an Internet-only rare and used book service, located on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. We publish and distribute scholarly imprints by Clock & Rose Press.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....