A Wonder-Book: Tanglewood Tales, and Grandfather's Chair

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1884. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - VeryGood. 5.5"x8". 637 pp. Brown cloth w/gilt letters to spine. Green paste downs. Gilt top edge. Frontispiece in light red ink: Young lady opening Pandora's box w/tissue. The Riverside Press, Cambridge, MA. Spine slightly slanted, binding tight, pages toned w/light soil spots through out book. Not x-library. PON inside front cover dated May 22, 1885. Bump to corners. Rubs to edges. Some pages have small chips and tears along edges. Title block on spine chipped. Some fraying. Hinge crack inside front cover. More pics available. This volume contains some of the best known and loved works of Nathaniel Hawthorne. They include "Grandfather's Chair" and "Tanglewood Tales." "Tanglewood Tales for Boys and Girls" (1853) is a sequel to the "Wonder-Book," and contains re-written stories of Greek myths. It includes the stories: "Theseus and the Minotaur," "Antaeus and the Pygmies," "Dragon's Teeth," "Circe's Palace," and "Jason and the Golden Fleece." "Grandfather's Chair" presents a collection of true stories, of things that happened between 1620 and 1803 - as seen by a chair owned by the protagonists of each tale. These classic and timeless stories are not to be missed by fans and collectors of Hawthorne's work. Many antiquarian books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now, in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.