Tanglewood Tales
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Manhattan Press. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. Manhattan Press. No date in book. Circa 1905. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with black spine and cover lettering. Front cover has black, peach, and green illustration of a man moving a boulder. Color frontispiece and plates. Black and white illustrations. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Covers lightly soiled. A few small holes on back spine joint, and some chips in cloth along bottom edges. Top page edges soiled. Gift inscription on front free endpaper, dated 1909. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. Title page has a darkened shadow where something of low-quality paper was stored. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.
Synopsis
Tanglewood Tales for Boys and Girls , published in1853, is a book by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, a sequel to A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys. It is a re-writing of well-known Greek myths in a volume for children. The book includes the myths of: Theseus and the Minotaur (Chapter : "The Minotaur") Antaeus and the Pygmies (Chapter: "The Pygmies") Dragon's Teeth (Chapter: "The Dragon's Teeth") Circe's Palace (Chapter: "Circe's Palace") Proserpina, Ceres, Pluto, and the Pomegranate Seed (Chapter: "The Pomegranate Seed") Jason and the Golden Fleece (Chapter: "The Golden Fleece")
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Details
- Bookseller
- SmarterRat Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9241
- Title
- Tanglewood Tales
- Author
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Manhattan Press
- Keywords
- Children's Literature,Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Children's Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
SmarterRat Books
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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