The tale of King Midas and the golden touch
By: as told by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Illustrated with color lithographs by Fritz Eichenberg.
Contributors: Limited Editions Club,; Marchbanks Press,
Series: The Evergreen tales ; or, Tales for the ageless
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Published: 1952
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 47
Subjects: Midas (Legendary character) -- Juvenile literature; Midas (Legendary character); Mythology, Greek
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Other titles: King Midas and the golden touch.
Description: King Midas's fondest wish, to have everything he touches turn to gold, backfires.
Notes: First published in 1851 in the author's A wonder book for boys and girls under title: The golden touch.
Limited ed. of 2000 copies, signed by the illustrator.
"Printed by the Marchbanks Press in New York."
Issued in a slipcase with: Pandora's box / by Nathaniel Hawthorne. New York : Limited Editions Club, 1949.