Beschreibung
First edition thus; 1930 at title page. Orange pebbled cloth boards, maroon impressed cover and spine titles, design, moderate shelf wear. Front cover depicts wily satyr or Pan in tree shaking the leaves while children look on below. Pages very good; no writing. Frontispiece mounted color plate: "Little Marygold was a golden statue". Pictorial endpapers. Bind good; hinges intact. Illustrated with fifteen full-color mounted plates printed in rich colors, and variously sized b&w decorative headers and tailpieces throughout. Rare textured tannish dust wrapper, orange titles and design, moderate edge wear, spine sunning; unclipped 2.50, protected in new clear sleeve. Front panel features matching titles and satyr scene; back panel features list of beautifully illustrated, distinguished books from Doubleday, Page & Co. Large 7 1/4" x 9 1/4" design. Presented here by Hawthorne are a half dozen of the classical myths rendered into very essential reading for children. A great freedom of treatment was necessary rendering these legends into malleable forms remaining same or similar in their essence having existed for the past two or three millennia. But, by their indestructibility are legitimate subjects for every age to clothe with its own garnish of manners and sentiment, and imbue with its own morality. In these fables of Hawthorne, they assume a Gothic or romantic guise and meeting the comprehension of children. It is only the artificial and complex that bewilder them, while their imaginative senses rise deep and high for elemental of these legends. Contents include: The Gorgon's Head; The Golden Touch; The Paradise of Children; The Three Golden Apples; The Miraculous Pitcher; The Chimaera. 207 pages. Insured post. Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist and short story writer born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1804. His ancestors include John Hathorne, the only judge involved in the witch trials who never repented of his actions. Nathaniel later added the "w" to his surname. He entered Bowdoin College in 1821, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in 1824, and graduated in 1825. Hawthorne anonymously published his first work, a novel titled Fanshawe in 1828. He published several short stories in 1837 as Twice-Told Tales. The next year, he became engaged to Sophia Peabody, worked at a Custom House and joined Brook Farm, a transcendentalist community. Hawthorne's writing centers on New England, many works feature moral allegories with Puritan inspiration. His works are considered part of dark romanticism in the Romantic Movement and his themes often center on the inherent evil and sin of humanity, often with deep psychological complexity. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 019826
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Bibliografische Details
Titel: A Wonder Book Illustrated By Arthur Rackham ...
Verlag: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Garden City, New York
Erscheinungsdatum: 1930
Einband: Hard Cover
Illustrator: Rackham, Arthur
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good
Auflage: First Edition.
