Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Selections from the Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman
Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Selections from the Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman
The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman
Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Hawthorne's famed gothic novel
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December 16, 08:16 PM GMT
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4,000 - 6,000 USD
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The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
The House of Seven Gables. Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields. 1851.
12mo (179 x 115 mm). Hinges weak, but internally quite clean and unspotted. Original brown cloth ruled and decorated in blind; corners bumped, some wear at ends. Half morocco slipcase.
First edition of Hawthorne's famed gothic novel, an influence on H.P. Lovecraft's later tales of a cursed New England, a weaving tale of a declining family trapped amid the haunted architecture of their dilapidated home.
REFERENCE
BAL 7604; Barron, Horror Literature 2-38