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Hawthorne, Nathaniel & Rackham, Arthur (Illustrator)
A Wonder Book
 
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, London;
Edition: 1st Edition
Date of Publication: 1922
Stock Code: 3990
 
Undated circa 1922. FIRST EDITION. Large octavo. viii, 207 pp. 21 (of 23) full-page plates of which 14 tipped-in with captioned tissue guard, plus black-and-white head and tail pieces by Arthur Rackham. Book Condition: Good. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt vignette to upper board; pictorial endpapers. Top edge stained black. Cover cloth a little rubbed with sunned and stained spine and split to rear joint; boards bright with a few very minor bumps to edge. A little toning and foxing to endpapers; gift inscription dated 1927 to front pastedown but no annotation. 2 plates absent: The Hawthorn Tree, a modern copy of which is loosely inserted, and The Old Man of the Sea; plate of Danae present but detached, with minor damage to lower edge of mount. Plates bright and uncreased. Heavy, shipping outside the UK may require a contribution towards additional postage costs.
 
£120.00
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