Tanglewood Tales for Girls and Boys; Being a Second Wonder-Book
by HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- near fine
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Ticknor Reed, & Fields, 1853. First. hardcover. near fine. Pictorial half-title. Small 8vo, re-bound in full black crushed levant, gilt spine & dentelles, all edges gilt. Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Fields, 1853. First Edition.<br/> <br/> A clean copy, with brown-stains on one leaf (63/64); a few pages are slightly chipped in the margins. First issue, with Boston Stereotype Foundry on copyright page, and 8 pages of ads listing this title as "in press." The original cloth spine & cover are bound in.<br/> <br/>
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- Bookseller
- Argosy Book Store
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 283475
- Title
- Tanglewood Tales for Girls and Boys; Being a Second Wonder-Book
- Author
- HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Ticknor Reed, & Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1853
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