A Wonder Book
by HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- Condition
- very good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton. hardcover. very good. Rackham, Arthur.. Tipped-in color frontis., 16 tipped-in color plates, lettered tissue guards. 7 other color lithographic-style plates, and black & white vignettes by Arthur Rackham. 207 pages. Thick 4to, original white cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and a gilt picture on the front cover (lower corers bumped, cloth bit soiled), internally clean. London: Hodder & Stoughton, no dtae [1922]. Very good.<br/><br/> Limited Edition. One of 600 numbered copies signed by the artist.<br/><br/>
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
- Argosy Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 289250
- Title
- A Wonder Book
- Author
- HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel
- Illustrator
- Rackham, Arthur.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- Rackham,Arthur
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New York, New York
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- 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....