A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

$2,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition, first issue with no ads. Frontispiece and 6 engraved plates by Baker from designs by Billings. vi, 7 -256 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original blind-stamped blue cloth. Some wear to corners and minor rubbing to boards, slight lean, occasional foxing and minor marginal staining, outer corners of two leaves lost but a very attractive copy, housed in slipcase. BAL 7606; Peter Parley to Penrod. Provenance: Henry William Poor morocco bookplate ; Mrs. J.

• Binding: Leather

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