“When the airy rush of the winged horse had brought him within the distance of a hundred yards, the Chimara gave a spring, and flung its huge, awkward, venomous, and utterly detestable carcass right upon poor Pegasus, clung round him with might and main, and tied up its snaky tail into a knot!”
Beautifully illustrated edition of A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys and its sequel, Tanglewood Tales, by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne in which he retells several Greek myths.
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Title: A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales for Girls and Boys
Edition: No edition remarks
Published: New York: Duffield & Company, 1922
Physical Description: Hardcover; Quarto; 358p
Condition: No dust jacket. Boards and spine with heavy rubbing to surfaces, bumping to corners, edge wear, and crushing at spine ends. Gilt on spine absent. Binding intact with hinges and joints tender. Pages tanned with a few instances of foxing. Owner’s name on front paste-down. Book stamp on front end-paper. One illustrated plate shaken. Vintage Brentano’s Booksellers and Stationers sticker on back paste-down.
Comments: Charming well-read copy
