A Wonder-Book and Tanglewood Tales

Author Nathaniel Hawthorne American

Illustrator Gustaf Tenggren American

Publisher Houghton Mifflin Company American

1923

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Title: A Wonder-Book and Tanglewood Tales
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne (American, Salem, Massachusetts 1804–1864 Plymouth, New Hampshire)
Illustrator: Gustaf Tenggren (American, born Vastergotland Sweden 1896–1970)
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company (Boston, Massachusetts)
Date: 1923
Medium: Illustrations: photomechanical reproductions of original drawings
Dimensions: 8 11/16 x 5 7/8 in. (22 x 15 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Fairchild Bowler, 1965
Object Number: 65.518.33
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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