Swann Galleries - 19th & 20th Century Literature - Sale 2388

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HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL.

The House of the Seven Gables.

8vo, origi-

nal blindstamped brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, spine tips and joints repaired; Howard

Pyle pictorial bookplate on front pastedown, contemporary ownership signature to first

blank; cloth chemise and

morocco slipcase.

FIRST EDITION

, second printing with perfect

type at page 50, line 25 and page 278, line 25, and reset type at page 149, lines 1-3; and

later publisher’s ads dated October, 1851, inserted at front. BAL 7604.

Boston:Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851

[200/300]

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HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL.

The Scarlet Letter.

8vo, original blind-

stamped brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt,

few superficial scratches and light scattered

soiling, minor rubbing to spine tips with

scarcely perceptible touch-up to head, gilt

bright; lightly penciled ownership signa-

ture to early blank, else text clean,

bookplate to front pastedown; housed in

custom red cloth drop-back case.

Boston:Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1850

[4,000/6,000]

FIRST EDITION

with 4 pages publisher’s adver-

tisements inserted between preliminary blanks,

dated March 1, 1850. One of only 2500

copies printed. A handsome copy. BAL 7600;

Grolier 90.

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HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL.

The Marble Faun; or, The Romance

of Monte Beni.

2 volumes. Half-titles.

16 pages of advertisements dated February,

1860 at end of first volume. 8vo, original

blind-stamped brown cloth, spines gilt-let-

tered, few tiny spots near head of spine on

volume 1; brown coated endpapers with

ownership signature on front pastedowns,

else absolutely clean internally.

Boston:Ticknor and Fields, 1860

[400/600]

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION

FIRST ISSUE

SUPERLATIVE COPY

uncommonly bright and

fresh.With the earliest dated ads. BAL 7621;

Clark 233a.

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