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Wonder Book for Girls and Boys.

Wonder Book for Girls and Boys.

Wonder Book for Girls and Boys.

Wonder Book for Girls and Boys.

by Hawthorne, Nathaniel; Walter Crane

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Company, 1893. Undetermined. very good. [x] 210pp. Quarto. Publisher's illustrated cloth; spine title in white. Small stain to hinge of front board, some damp staining to lower area of rear. Illustrated dust jacket; crown shows some small chips, 5cm area of loss to foot and lower edge of front panel. Several similar small losses to front panel at spine hinge, lower corners slightly chipped on both panels. Upper edge green. Ornamental endpapers. Illustrated colour frontis; 18 colour plates from drawings, B/W vignettes. Some damp staining to edges of selected pages, not intrusive. A beautiful copy; very ornamental. very good Magnificently illustrated reprint of Hawthorne's classic collection of tales for children. Walter Crane remains one of the most noted Victorian illustrators; his highly refined style, drawn from Japanese woodcuts is truly timeless. Here in extremely rare orginal dust jacket. A treasure. 1893

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Bookseller
Aquila Books CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
123703
Title
Wonder Book for Girls and Boys.
Author
Hawthorne, Nathaniel; Walter Crane
Format/Binding
Undetermined
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin & Company
Place of Publication
Boston
Date Published
1893
Keywords
Illustrated Books|Literature|Nathaniel Hawthorne|Walter Crane

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Quarto
The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Edges
The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Hinge
The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Reprint
Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...

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