A Wonder Book
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: George H. Doran. Hardcover. Very Good. Small 4to, 206 pages, pictorial red cloth, gilt dulled, top cover lightly stained, edges rubbed.
Tipped-in plates. by Arthur Rackham., 24 drawings in all, of which most are in color.
Tipped-in plates. by Arthur Rackham., 24 drawings in all, of which most are in color.
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
- Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6142
- Title
- A Wonder Book
- Author
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George H. Doran
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- hawthorne, arthur rackham, wonder book, king midas,
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About the Seller
Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Biblio member since 2005
Chicago, Illinois
About Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.
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- 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...
- Edges
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- Cloth
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