Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Title: Wonder Book for Girls & Boys
Description: New York , Harper and Brothers , 1892. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated edition of this children's book by Nathaniel Hawthorne, with full colour illustrations by Walter Crane. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth. Illustrated with a full colour frontispiece, headpieces, tailpieces, illustrated title page, illuminated letters and 18 full colour plates by Walter Crane. Collated complete.This children's features a collection of Greek myth retellings by Nathanial Hawthorne. The work contains stories within the frame story of a college student telling tales to a group of children. The Greek myths that have been retold include the story of King Midas, the story of Medusa and the tale of Bellerophon killing the Chimaera.Undated. Dated by copies held at the Victoria and Albert Museum. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with fading to the spine, marks to the boards, bumping to the extremities and minor loss to the cloth to the head and tail of the spine. Front hinge tender after the front blank. Internally generally firmly bound with lightly age toned and generally clean pages with the odd spot , heavier to the front and rear blanks, and minor marks. Old ink inscription to the front blank dated 1901. Very Good . Ill.: Walter Crane. Very Good .

Keywords: Illustrated Fiction Nathanial Hawthorne Walter Crane Fiction Walter Crane


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