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Tanglewood Tales. With Illustrations By Edmund Dulac.

HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (1804-1864), [DULAC, Edmund, illustrator].

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1938. FIRST TRADE EDITION illustrated by Dulac. 4to. pp.[xii]; 245; [3], blank. Publisher's decorated beige cloth. 12 full page colour plates, illustrated endpapers. Some edge spotting, cloth a little soiled/marked, spine ends just fraying, gift note to first leaf. Shows well; a very good copy. Hawthorn's popular re-writing of well-known Greek myths for children, including Theseus and the Minotaur and Jason and the Golden Fleece. Item #45420

Book Collector No.271, 'The Great Illustrators'.

Price: £85.00

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