1922 ARTHUR RACKHAM ILLUSTRATED HAWTHORNE ' S WONDER BOOK FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
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1922 First American Edition
A Wonder Bookby Nathaniel HawthorneIllustrated by Arthur Rackham
~ Rare Vintage Book ~ First American Edition ~ Tipped-in Color Plates ~ Classic ~ Myth ~ Legend ~ Fables ~ Fairy Tales ~ Magic ~ Giants ~ Elves ~ Monsters ~ Fantasy ~
Publisher:New York: George H. Doran Company, no date, circa 1922.
Features:First American Edition - no statement of edition, no additional printings noted - "A Wonder Book III Printed in The U...nited States of America" on copyright page.Measures about 9 3/8 x 6 7/8 inches. 206 pages.Original red decorative cloth publisher's binding with embossed gilt stamping.Pictorial endpapers printed in brown.Tipped-in color plates as well as other illustrations printed in color and black.
Condition: Good.Covers are generally clean and bright. Fading/sunning to spine cloth. Wrinkle to cloth on front (appears to be a production flaw). Wear to top of spine. Minor scuffing. Darkening to gilt stamping.Pages are generally clean and bright. Light foxing to some pages. Textblock is solid and square, though hinges are loose. Edge/corner creasing to two pages. Old invisible glue repair between front endpaper and half-title page. Old name to front endpaper. No other writing or marking.
A Wonder Bookby Nathaniel HawthorneIllustrated by Arthur Rackham
~ Rare Vintage Book ~ First American Edition ~ Tipped-in Color Plates ~ Classic ~ Myth ~ Legend ~ Fables ~ Fairy Tales ~ Magic ~ Giants ~ Elves ~ Monsters ~ Fantasy ~
Publisher:New York: George H. Doran Company, no date, circa 1922.
Features:First American Edition - no statement of edition, no additional printings noted - "A Wonder Book III Printed in The U...nited States of America" on copyright page.Measures about 9 3/8 x 6 7/8 inches. 206 pages.Original red decorative cloth publisher's binding with embossed gilt stamping.Pictorial endpapers printed in brown.Tipped-in color plates as well as other illustrations printed in color and black.
Condition: Good.Covers are generally clean and bright. Fading/sunning to spine cloth. Wrinkle to cloth on front (appears to be a production flaw). Wear to top of spine. Minor scuffing. Darkening to gilt stamping.Pages are generally clean and bright. Light foxing to some pages. Textblock is solid and square, though hinges are loose. Edge/corner creasing to two pages. Old invisible glue repair between front endpaper and half-title page. Old name to front endpaper. No other writing or marking.
