May 4, 2022 10:00 EST

Books and Manuscripts

 
  Lot 43
 

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[Literature] Hawthorne, Nathaniel
The Scarlet Letter, A Romance

Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850. First edition. 8vo. 3-4, (ii) (ads), iv, 322 pp. (lacking first ad leaf at front). Title printed in red and black. Original brown cloth, stamped in blind and in gilt, slightly cocked, cloth faded, spine ends chipped, scattered wear to extremities, scattered soiling to boards; front hinge starting; pp. 83-110 proud; gutter worn, pp. 96-97; old ownership signature on rear paste-down and verso of rear endpaper; scattered marginalia. BAL 7600; Clark A 16.1

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Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850. First edition. 8vo. 3-4, (ii) (ads), iv, 322 pp. (lacking first ad leaf at front). Title printed in red and black. Original brown cloth, stamped in blind and in gilt, slightly cocked, cloth faded, spine ends chipped, scattered wear to extremities, scattered soiling to boards; front hinge starting; pp. 83-110 proud; gutter worn, pp. 96-97; old ownership signature on rear paste-down and verso of rear endpaper; scattered marginalia. BAL 7600; Clark A 16.1

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