1976 · Franklin Center
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1976. Limited Edition. Fine in gilt decorated full red leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine, gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and on the front and rear boards. The edges of the text block are gilt, the end sheets are silk and there is a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of the volumes in the Franklin Library's collection of The Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature With illustrations by Elaine Raphael and Don Bolognese. 285 pages of text and illustrations by Bernard Fuchs. An octavo measuring 8 3/4 by 5 1/4 inches. A very handsome and collectable copy with no marks, notations, names or book plates. One of the volumes in the Franklin Press' collection of The 100 Greatest Books of All Time series. (Inventory #: TB31740)