Nathaniel Hawthorne

A limited edition of Wonder Book, signed by the illustrator.

• Nathaniel Hawthorne (American, 1804-1864).
• Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
• London: Hodder& Stoughton, Ltd., 1922.
• Quarto.
• Illustrated in black and white and tipped-in color plates.
• Limited to 600 numbered and signed copies, of which this is copy #220.
• Bound in full red morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spine, covers ruled in gilt, title and illustrated head piece to preface gilt to front cover, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut as issued, by Zaehnsdorf.

First published in 1851, when Hawthorne was at the height of his literary career, A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys contains a selection of retellings of several Greek myths including The Gorgon's Head, The Golden Touch, The Paradise of Children, The Three Golden Apples, The Miraculous Pitcher and The Chimaera.