$156
A group of 8 volumes by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860. 2 vols., complete. 12mo., brown cloth, brown endpapers. First edition, first printing with "preface" preceding "contents". Fading to boards and backstrip; ink signature to front pastedown; otherwise a sound set. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860. (2 copies). 2 vols., complete. First edition. Fading to boards and backstrip. Bookplate tipped-in front pastedown and ink inscription to f.f.e.p.; some leaves separated of copy 1; backstrip separating to copy 2; otherwise a sound set. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850. 12mo., brown cloth. Second edition. Hinges are starting; some tearing to backstrip; otherwise a sound copy. Foreword by Louise Bogan. Drawings by Jacob Landau. New York: Libra Collection, 1960. 8vo., gilt-decorated black cloth, in acetate dustwrapper, in red slipcase. Bookplate tipped-in front pastedown; library sticker to rear of slipcase; otherwise fine in fine slipcase.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2007-06-14