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HAWTHORNE, JULIAN.
Group
of 6 First Editions.
8vo, original cloth,
first and third volumes in publisher’s
wrappers; each housed in cloth drop-back
case (Lawrence Solomon bookplate).
Vp, vd
[500/750]
Mrs. Gainsborough’s Diamonds. Backstrip foot
chipped. NY, 1878 * Archibald Malmaison.
Library and institutional stamps else unmarked.
NY, 1884 * John Parmelee’s Curse. Ownership
signatures. NY, 1886 *The Great Bank Robbery.
NY, 1887 * Section 558 or The Fatal Letter.
NY, 1888 * Six Cent Sam’s. St. Paul, 1893.
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HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL.
The Scarlet Letter.
8vo, original blind-
stamped brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt,
repairs to spine tips, rear joint, portion of
front joint, and two corners, leaning; con-
tents clean.
Boston:Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850
[3,000/4,000]
FIRST EDITION
,
FIRST PRINTING
(with
“reduplicate” for “repudiate” on page 21), and
4-pages publisher’s advertisements before pre-
liminaries, dated March 1, 1850. One of only
2500 copies printed. A bright copy. BAL
7600; Grolier 90.
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HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL.
Twice-Told Tales.
Bound without
advertisements. 8vo, 19th century full
maroon morocco, gilt-paneled, joints
rubbed, top edges and turn-ins gilt; Katrin
and Ernest Vietor bookplate to front
pastedown, occasional minor foxing to
contents.
Boston:American Stationers Co., 1837
[1,000/1,500]
FIRST EDITION OF HAWTHORNE
’
S SECOND
BOOK
.
One of 1000 copies, with the page
number on the table of contents for The May-
Pole of Merry Mount incorrectly given as page
78 (for 77). BAL 7581; Clark A2.1.