Description
Nathaniel Hawthorne. A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales (David McKay: Philadelphia, ND) ca. 1920 Illustrator: Stephen Reid
Part of “The Newberry Classics” series.
Duo-decimo. 356 pages. Brown boards with paper onlay in orange and yellow with title and author and an illustration.
Condition: Slight lean to spine, Top edge darkened with time. Binding appears solid. Award certificate to Heath L. Allen laid in from Time Magazine showing that this book was a prize for their 1941 Current Affairs Contest. Spine shows bumping to top and bottom, Light scuffing to rear board.
“Hawthorne wrote these stories for children based on Greek myth and legend. They are incomparable retellings of themes which the Greek dramatists used in creating their immortal plays and literature.”– GoodReads
