HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel

True Stories from History and Biography

Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851. First Thus. First state, with "way, with" and "which, he" on p.iii and p.iv. 12mo (17cm). Blue cloth stamped in blind on boards and gilt on spine; pale yellow endpapers; [viii],335,[1],4pp; 4pp publisher's catalogue at rear; frontispiece and three inserted plates. Lightly rubbed, occasional minor foxing, lacking front free endpaper: around Very Good.

A collection of previously published children's books, produced to raise money for Hawthorne's growing family (ANB). BAL impression 2, identified by Clark as the first state of the preface. BAL 7655. CLARK 12.1.a1.

Price: $250.00

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