Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864). The House Of The Seven Gables. Boston: Ticknor, Reed And Fields, Auction
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HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (1804-1864). The House of the Seven Gables. Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields,
HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (1804-1864). The House of the Seven Gables. Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields,
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HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (1804-1864). The House of the Seven Gables. Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1851.

8vo. 4pp. publisher's advertisements dated March 1851 [BAL's printing A, no priority]. (Some browning and spotting throughout.) Original brown blind-embossed cloth [BAL binding A] (spine leaning, minor separation to the upper joint, some soiling). Provenance: "McKean" (contemporary ownership inscription).

FIRST EDITION of Hawthorne's Gothic novel, inspired by the Turner-Ingersoll Mansion in Salem, Massachusetts, which belonged to Hawthorne's cousin Susanna Ingersoll, and by Hawthorne's ancestors who were involved with the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. BAL 7604.
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HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (1804-1864). The House of the Seven Gables. Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields,

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