first edition
1872 · Boston
by HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1872. First Edition. First States. Two volumes; small octavo (18.5cm.); publisher's green blind-ruled cloth, gilt-lettered spines (binding A per BAL); [2],307; [2],306pp. Ex-Fitchburg Public Library with their internal markings and "Withdrawn" rubberstamps, evidence of shelfmarks removed from spines, bindings expertly recased with renewed endpapers, else a Very Good, still quite vibrant set. BAL 7636. (Inventory #: 45057)