HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. A FINELY BOXED AND BOUND SET OF FIRST EDITIONS. Including: Twice-Told Tales. Boston, 1837. 8 o. (Initial leaves somewhat foxed, a few pages with contemporary pencilled notes in margins.) ORIGINAL BROWN CLOTH with quatrefoil pattern (cloth splitting cleanly at lower joint, corners slightly worn); blue morocco, gilt pull-off case. -- Grandfather's Chair: A History for Youth. [ Boxed with :] Famous Old People. Boston, 1841. 12 o. Original cloth with black paper labels (wear at extremities and rear endleaves torn from both vols.); blue morocco gilt pull-off case. -- [As editor]. Journal of an African Cruiser. Boston, 1845. -- The Scarlet Letter, A Romance. Boston, 1850. The House of the Seven Gables. Boston, 1851. -- A Wonder-Book For Girls and Boys. The Snow Image. Boston, 1852. -- Tanglewood Tales Boston, 1853. -- The Marble Faun. Boston, 1860. 2 vols. -- and 18 other titles in 22 vols. All 8 o or 12 o. Uniformly bound by Stikeman & Co. in blue half-morocco gilt, t.e.g.; with original publishers' cloth bound in at rear, (minor loss at spine heads of four vols.). Together 32 vols. Provenance: Agnes Neustadt, bookplates. All FIRST EDITIONS.
HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. A FINELY BOXED AND BOUND SET OF FIRST EDITIONS. Including: Twice-Told Tales. Boston, 1837. 8 o. (Initial leaves somewhat foxed, a few pages with contemporary pencilled notes in margins.) ORIGINAL BROWN CLOTH with quatrefoil pattern (cloth splitting cleanly at lower joint, corners slightly worn); blue morocco, gilt pull-off case. -- Grandfather's Chair: A History for Youth. [ Boxed with :] Famous Old People. Boston, 1841. 12 o. Original cloth with black paper labels (wear at extremities and rear endleaves torn from both vols.); blue morocco gilt pull-off case. -- [As editor]. Journal of an African Cruiser. Boston, 1845. -- The Scarlet Letter, A Romance. Boston, 1850. The House of the Seven Gables. Boston, 1851. -- A Wonder-Book For Girls and Boys. The Snow Image. Boston, 1852. -- Tanglewood Tales Boston, 1853. -- The Marble Faun. Boston, 1860. 2 vols. -- and 18 other titles in 22 vols. All 8 o or 12 o. Uniformly bound by Stikeman & Co. in blue half-morocco gilt, t.e.g.; with original publishers' cloth bound in at rear, (minor loss at spine heads of four vols.). Together 32 vols. Provenance: Agnes Neustadt, bookplates. All FIRST EDITIONS.
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