Nathaniel Hawthorne, Tanglewood Tales, T. Fisher Unwin 1909, Good HC

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, Pogany, Willy (illus.), Tanglewood Tales: A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls, London: T. Fisher Unwin n.d. (1909), Good hardcover 8vo, 5 ½” x 8”, 320 pp. 

Burgundy boards with title and decoration stamped in gilt and white to spine and front panel, minor edgewear and scuffing, fading to spine, old price in pencil to front free endpaper, gift inscription in pen to title page, toning, weakness to front and rear hinges, binding starting but intact, minor intermittent foxing to interior pages. A beautiful edition of Hawthorne’s 1853 collection of 13 retold Greek myths including The Minotaur, Three Golden Apples, the Golden Fleece, etc., with 4 full color plates and 25 evocative full page illustrations by Hungarian artist Willy Pogany.