Compositions in Outline for the Scarlet Letter
first edition Hardcover
1879 · Boston
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel; Darley, F.O.C. (illus)
Boston: Houghton Osgood & Co./The Riverside Press, 1879. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Good+ [Textblock Very Good]. No DJ as Issued.. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 12 black and white heliotype plates with text from the novel included. Moderate to heavy shelf/edge wear, tips rounded, board edges through, moisture stain at bottom edge, moderate even soiling to boards, rubbing, rebacked (with new endpages), textblock shows very light moisture stain at bottom edge that extends up about 3 inches (does enter plates by about 1/4-1/2 inch), some very minor, sporadic foxing throughout, else tight, bright and unmarred. Quarterbound, black cloth spine, beige paper boards, black and red ink lettering and decorative elements. Oblong fo. pp. Illus. (b/w plates). (Inventory #: 3914)