By Nathaniel Hawthorne
London   George Allen and Unwin Ltd
8.5" by 6.5" x, 242pp
A charmingly illustrated copy of 'Tanglewood Tales', a re-writing of well-known Greek myths for children.
By Nathaniel Hawthorne

1923 Tanglewood Tales

London   George Allen and Unwin Ltd
8.5" by 6.5" x, 242pp
A charmingly illustrated copy of 'Tanglewood Tales', a re-writing of well-known Greek myths for children.
£35.00
: 0.5kgs / : 933Y1

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Description

Colour Plates, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

A new illustrated edition of this work. 

In the publisher's original illustrative cloth binding. 

'Tanglewood Tales' consists of six short stories, being well-known Greek myths rewritten for children. From American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. 

This book includes the myths of 'The Minotaur', 'The Pygmies', 'The Dragon's Teeth', 'Circe's Palace', 'The Pomegranate Seeds' and 'The Golden Fleece'. 

Illustrated by George Soper, whose work appears in books and journals, including Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Grimm's Fairy Tales. 

With a coloured frontispiece and twenty-four plates, five of which are in full colour, as well as numerous in-text illustrations. Collated, complete.

Condition

In the original cloth binding. Externally, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with occasional scattered spots.

Very Good

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