first edition
1863 · Boston
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Boston: Ticknor And Fields, 1863. First Edition. Very good in its original light brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine with blind embossing on the spine and both boards. A 12mo of 7 3/16 by 4 1/2 inches with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine heavily worn, an early prior owner's name on the first free end page, foxing to the second free end page and fly title page with the same to the end pages. 398 pages followed by a one page publisher's ad for other titles by Hawthorne. This is the first state (referred to as the "first issue by BAL) of the title as indicated by the single page ad at the rear of the text. (BAL, 7626)
(Inventory #: TB29943)