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Tanglewood Tales, for Girls and Boys ; Being a Second Wonder-book
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Original blue blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered and decorated on spine. Chip at head of spine and top of front joint, a few st
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About This Item
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1853. First American edition, first printing, with only the stereotyper's imprint at the bottom of the copyright page, and with the earliest ads. Frontispiece, with tissue guard, and six plates. 8-page advertisements dated July 1853 inserted between front endpapers. 336 pages. 8vo (16.8 x 10.3 cm). Original blue blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered and decorated on spine. Chip at head of spine and top of front joint, a few stains to covers; some intermittent foxing, but a very good plus copy in original condition. First American edition, first printing, with only the stereotyper's imprint at the bottom of the copyright page, and with the earliest ads. Frontispiece, with tissue guard, and six plates. 8-page advertisements dated July 1853 inserted between front endpapers. 336 pages. 8vo (16.8 x 10.3 cm). The six stories here form a sequel to The Wonder-book published the previous year. BAL 7614; Clark A22.2.a
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 319250
- Title
- Tanglewood Tales, for Girls and Boys ; Being a Second Wonder-book
- Author
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Format/Binding
- Frontispiece, with tissue guard, and six plates. 8-page advertisements dated July 1853 inserted between front endpapers. 336 pag
- Book Condition
- Used - Original blue blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered and decorated on spine. Chip at head of spine and top of front joint, a few st
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition, first printing, with only the stereotype
- Publisher
- Ticknor, Reed, and Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1853
- Keywords
- American | Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
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