first edition Hardcover
1852 · Boston
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Field, 1852. First American edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown publisher's cloth sharp, with front and back cover decorations in blind, backstrip lettered in gilt. Very good. 273 pages. 16.5 x 12 cm. Four pages of publisher adverts at front of book with ads dated January 1852. This, the final collection of short stories written by Hawthorne was reputed to be his least popular book, commercially. BAL 7607. Rubbing to spine head and foot. (Inventory #: 22616)