HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL | A Group of Four First Editions

The Property of a Gentleman

HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL

A Group of Four First Editions

The House of the Seven Gables. Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1851. 8vo (4 1/2 x 7 in.; 112 x 180 mm). Publisher's advertisements bound in at front; minor offsetting, one or two stray spots. Original full brown cloth, covers ruled and elaborately stamped in blind, spine gilt lettered, yellow endpapers; minor rubbing to head and tail of spine. First edition, presumed third printing. BAL 7604. A.C. Richards (ownership signature to advertisements) — The Snow-Image, and Other Twice–Told Tales. Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1852 [1851]. 8vo (4 1/2 x 7 in.; 112 x 180 mm). Publisher's advertisements bound in at front; minor offsetting and foxing. Original full brown cloth, covers ruled and elaborately stamped in blind, spine gilt lettered, yellow endpapers; minor staining to covers, minor nick to head of spine. In custom red and brown linen covered clamshell case. First edition, one of 2,425 copies printed on 11 December 1851. BAL 7607; Clark A19.1.a. Alex Johnston (pencil notation to title-page reading “Alex Johnston, Dec. 1851. The first copy sold” — Life of Franklin Pierce. Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1852. 8vo (4 1/2 x 7 1/8 in.; 115 x 180 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait of Pierce inserted; some toning and foxing. Original buff wrappers printed in black, publisher's advertisements to lower wrapper; one or two stains to wrappers, chips to spine. In custom green cloth covered folding chemise. First edition in original wrappers. BAL 7612; Clark A21.1. Frank Maier (bookplate to chemise) — The Marble Faun: or, The Romance of Monte Beni. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860. Two volumes, 8vo (4 1/2 x 7 in.; 112 x 180 mm). Half-title, publisher's advertisements at end of Vol. I. Original full brown cloth, covers ruled and elaborately stamped in blind, spines gilt lettered, brown coated endpapers; one or two spots to covers, minor rubbing to heads and tails of spine and corners. Each in custom red and brown linen covered clamshell cases. First American edition, published a week after the London edition titled Transformation.  M.S. Quincy (contemporary ownership inscriptions to front free endpapers) 

Group lots not subject to return.

Together four fine first editions