140
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HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL.
The House of the Seven Gables.
8vo,
rebound in full brown morocco with gilt decorated spine, gilt turn-ins and top edges;
without advertisements.
FIRST EDITION
,
FIRST ISSUE
with the battered type on page 149.
BAL 7604.
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851
[600/900]
141
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HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL.
The Marble Faun.
2 volumes. Half-titles and
16 pages of advertisements dated March 1860 at end of first volume. 8vo, original blind-
stamped brown cloth, spine gilt-lettered, volume 2 leaning, spine ends slightly rubbed,
corners bumped; brown coated endpapers with a few small spots and one erasure mark,
minor occasional foxing but generally quite clean; custom
1
/
4
gilt-lettered morocco slipcase
and chemise.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860
[400/600]
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
,
presumed first issue although Volume 2 paginated [1]-288; all
BAL & Clark printings call for [1]-284; blank pp. [285-288]. BAL 7621; Clark 233a.
139
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HARDY, THOMAS.
Tess of
the D’Urbervilles.
3 volumes. Half-
titles, final blank in volume 2, preliminary
and final blanks in volume 3. 8vo, rebound
in navy blue
1
/
2
morocco, spines titled in
gilt in compartments, by Sangorski &
Sutcliffe, few scuff marks, vol. 1 with front
joint repaired; top edges gilt.
(London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine &
Co., 1891)
[2,000/3,000]
FIRST EDITION
,
FIRST IMPRESSION OF
HARDY
’
S BEST KNOWN WORK
.
With first
impression issue points: Volume I: p.[iv]
“1891” present; p.[v] “have it said”; p.45
“her skin is/as sumple”; p.[264] final full-stop
present; Volume II: p.[iv] “1891” present;
p.58 “Valasquez”; p.155 “seampstress”;
p.199 “XXV”; and p.234 “it’s husband’s”;
Volume III: p.[vi] “1891” present; p.14 line
endings comprise “towards”, “but”, “On”,
“al-”, “hitherto” and “a”, and p.112 “are ye
doing”; p.160 line endings comprise “than”,
“deviations”, “domesticity,”, “vale”, “curve.”,
“light” and “was”; p.198 “summit of the
road”; p.252 line endings comprise “and”,
“foul”, “bear” and “And”, p.270 “sisters-in-
law”; p.275 “piteously”; p.277 no page
number present, and p.[278] no final full-stop.
Purdy, pp.67-78; Sadleir 1114.
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