A Wonder Book
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, usual library stamps and markings. A few of the plates are foxed.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Co.. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, usual library stamps and markings. . A few of the plates are foxed.. [1932]. Reprint. Hardcover. xi, 207pp. Orange cloth binding with color illustration on front boards. Illustrated endpapers. Seven color plates by Arthur Rackham. Hawthorne's retelling of many classical Greek myths.; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47135
- Title
- A Wonder Book
- Author
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Illustrator
- Arthur Rackham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, usual library stamps and markings. A few of the plates are foxed.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Garden City Publishing Co.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- [1932]
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...