A Wonder Book: Hawthorne's Wonder Book
by Nathaniel Hawthorne illustrated by Arthur Rackham
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Barmouth, Gwynedd, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hardback with red cover with gold and red titles and gold illustration on front board. Slight damage to boards and faded spine. Small bump fore edge of board. Illustrated end papers and chapter heads. 24 coloured illustrations, some tipped in with tissue guards, 4 illustration pages loose with some damage at fore edges. Some foxing to fore edge. Blue tinted top edge. Heavy book may require extra postage. No date or edition stated, early 20thC?
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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- Bookseller
- Walter Lloyd Jones Saleroom (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2024149
- Title
- A Wonder Book
- Author
- Nathaniel Hawthorne illustrated by Arthur Rackham
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Spine
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