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A Wonder Book For Girls & Boys
by HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+
- Seller
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Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Osgood & McIlvaine & Co., 1892. 1st Thus. Hardcover. VG+. CRANE, Walter. 1st Edition. 16 x 23.2 cm green brown and white decorative cloth boards with titles to the front, spine and rear. Top edge green, green and white decorative endpapers, x 210[2]pp with 60 illustrations including head and tale pieces, decorative initial letters and 19 full page colour illustrations by Walter Crane. Light rubbing to the spine tips and a small bruise to the bottom corner of the front cover. Internally,the endpapers are un-split and the binding firm. There is a small ownership stamp on the title page but no other names, inscriptions or bookplates. There is light spotting throughout the book but the fabulous colour illustrations remain bright. All in all a beautifully illustrated collection of greek myths. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
Synopsis
Hawthorne made it his ambition to be a writer as a teenager, he graduated from Bowdoin College in Maine, where poet Longfellow was also a student, and spent several years traveling New England writing short stories before creating The Scarlet Letter. He wrote A Wonder-Book between April and July 1851, freely adapting six legends from Charles Anton's A Classical Dictionary . He set out deliberately to 'modernize' the stories, freeing them from 'cold moonshine' and using a romantic, readable style. This was criticized by adults but proved universally popular with children. The stories in A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys are all stories within a story. The frame being that a Williams College student, Eustace Bright, is telling these tales to a group of children at Tanglewood, an area in Lenox, Massachusetts, where Hawthorne lived for a time. A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys covers the myths of: The Gorgon's Head - the story of Perseus killing Medusa at the request of the king of the island, Polydectes. The Golden Touch - the story of King Midas and his "Golden Touch". The Paradise of Children - the story of Pandora opening the box filled with all of mankind's Troubles. The Three Golden Apples - the story of Heracles procuring the Three Golden Apples from the Hesperides' orchard, with the help of Atlas. The Miraculous Pitcher - the story of Baucis and Philemon providing food and shelter to two strangers who were Zeus and "Quicksilver" (Hermes) in disguise. Baucis and Philemon were rewarded by the gods for their kindness; they were promised never to live apart from one another. The Chimæra - the story of Bellerophon taming Pegasus and killing the Chimæra.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 202103
- Title
- A Wonder Book For Girls & Boys
- Author
- HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel
- Illustrator
- CRANE, Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Edition
- 1st Thus
- Publisher
- Osgood & McIlvaine & Co.
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- Classical Civilisations|Chromolithographic|Illustrated|Myth & Legend
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Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
About Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
Rainford & Parris Books is a small family business based on the Hertfordshire / Essex border, close to London Stansted Airport. We are full time professional bookdealers specialising mainly in Modern First Editions, Children's Books, Illustrated Books and Nineteenth Century Literature, as well as assorted fine and interesting books. When describing our books we attempt to list all significant defects to a high degree of precision, so that you can build an accurate idea of their condition. We supplement our description with images and are always happy to provide further images or information. All books are very carefully packaged in a new book-box so that they reach you in the condition described.
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