We publish rare and vintage Golden Age illustrated books, in high-quality colour editions, so that the masterful artwork and story-telling can continue to delight both young and old.

Our collection showcases classic fairy tales, children’s stories, and the work of some of the most celebrated artists, illustrators and authors. With works such as ‘Tanglewood Tales’, Pook Press celebrates the great ‘ Golden Age of Illustration‘ in children’s literature – a period of unparalleled excellence in book illustration from the 1880s to the 1930s. These include Old French Fairy Tales (1920), Tanglewood Tales (1921) and Arabian Nights (1928). She only completed three works in her lifetime, due to her early death from tuberculosis at the age of thirty-one. Sterrett’s illustrations are delicate yet powerful, inspired by the tradition of Art Nouveaux with its light washes of colour and sinuous black lines. Sterrett was an American artist and illustrator – one of the most talented, though also most tragic, of the ‘Golden Age’ illustrators. Presented alongside the text, her illustrations further refine and elucidate Hawthorne’s masterful storytelling. These classic stories in Tanglewood Tales are accompanied by the truly beautiful illustrations of Virginia Frances Sterrett (1900 – 1931).

It contains the myths of ‘The Minotaur’, ‘The Pygmies’, ‘The Dragon’s Teeth’ ‘Circe’s Palace’, ‘The Pomegranate Seeds’ and ‘The Golden Fleece’.

Hawthorne originally penned the work, after a visit from his young friend Eustace Bright, who requested a sequel to the Wonder Book. It is a masterful re-writing of well-known Greek myths, all presented in one volume, for a younger audience. Tanglewood Tales is a book written by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 – 1864), and forms the sequel to A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys. Origins of Fairy Tales from Around the Worldĭescription Tanglewood Tales – Illustrated by Virginia Frances Sterrett.

Tanglewood tales by nathaniel hawthorne