Minute wear to corners, faint soiling, the binding otherwise sound and bright, occasional spotting to contents, else internally fresh a very good, attractive copy indeed. Gilt morocco bookplate of Katharine de Berkeley Parsons (1897-1993) embossed booksellers stamp of Gray Sprague & Co. Housed in custom blue cloth chemise and matching quarter morocco slipcase, spine lettered in gilt (a hint of wear).Īdditional engraved title, 6 engraved plates, 8 pp. The Chimaera - Tanglewood Tales: The wayside. Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne Used Paperback Condition LIKE NEW Binding Paperback ISBN 13 9781438295503 ISBN 10 1438295502 Quantity-available 1 Seller Discover Books Toledo, Ohio, United States Seller rating : Description: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. Original blue cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, decorationsin blind to boards, pale yellow coated endpapers. Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864: Illustrator: Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966: Title: A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales, for Girls and Boys Contents: A Wonder Book: The Gorgon's head. This edition, preceded only by the UK edition of the same year, has the following issue points: the 'Stereotyped at the Boston Stereotype Foundry' mention to the copyright page the omission of price in the list of Hawthorne's works (later issues having the price of 88 cents) and the publisher's ads dated 'August, 1853', in the second state, listing the present title as 'just out' (p. This copy has a loosely inserted envelope addressed to the publisher, penned and initialled by Hawthorne. Tanglewood Tales for Boys and Girls (1853) is a book by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, a sequel to A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys.

First US edition, first issue, of Hawthorne's sequel to The Wonder Book (Boston, 1852), retelling the Greek myths for children.

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