(10vol) NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE FIRST EDITIONS & OTHER
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including six first editions published in Boston by Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, in the original publisher's cloth bindings, including: THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES, 1851, first edition, lacking publisher's ads [on page 149, with the last "t" in "that" appearing truncated/damaged]; WONDER BOOK FOR GIRLS AND BOYS, 1852, first edition [on page 21, line 3, with the misprint "lifed" instead of "lifted"]; MOSSES FROM AN OLD MANSE, 1854, first revised edition, in two volumes; 2 first issue copies of THE BLITHEDALE ROMANCE, each with advertisements dated July 1852 in the front and with the copyright information on title page verso set between lines four and six of the preface; LIFE OF FRANKLIN PIERCE, 1852, green stamped cloth with publisher's ads dated July, 1852 inserted in the front; and two other early first editions, comprising: TRUE STORIES FROM HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855, in blue stamped cloth; SEPTIMUS FELTON; OR THE ELIXER OF LIFE, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company; and THE SNOW-IMAGE, AND OTHER TALES, London: Henry G. Bohn, 1851
Provenance: Descent through the family of a late Greenwich, CT centenarian
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Provenance: Descent through the family of a late Greenwich, CT centenarian
Limited Preview: Please note that this auction has a limited in-person preview. Not all items may be on display in the saleroom, if you wish to view a particular item in-person we strongly suggest contacting the gallery in advance of your visit.
Condition
"Seven Gables" overall very good with one offset quire; "Wonder Book" with drastic spine lean; "Mosses" with a few chips to spine but otherwise good; "Blithedale" copies in very good shape with some losses to top
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(10vol) NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE FIRST EDITIONS & OTHER
Estimate $300 - $500
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