Tanglewood Tales; A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys, Nathaniel Hawthorne, c.1890

A full leather prize-binding of American author, Nathaniel Hawthorne's popular re-telling of Greek myths for children. The book contains both Parts I and II of this work.

Tanglewood Tales; A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys, by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Published by Frederick Warne and Co., London. Undated, but c. 1890.

A good hardback bound in dark green leather with gilt decoration. Front cover carries the gilt roundel of Pontywaun County School, Risca, in South-east Wales. Covers bumped,  scuffed and worn to extremities. Previous owner's name to first free blank endpaper. Marbled endpapers and marbled edges to text block.

Text pages are nice and clean throughout. One small marginal nibble at the foot of p17, and one marginal closed tear (1cm) to foot of p.31.

Text in English.

379pp.

Dimensions: Approximately 185mm  x 128mm x 30mm.

Weight approximately 501g unpacked.