OUR OLD HOME ... ANNOTATED WITH PASSAGES FROM THE AUTHOR'S NOTEBOOK, AND ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAVURES
1891 · Cambridge
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press [for Houghton Mifflin & Co], 1891. Two volumes. vii,279;[4],[281]-594pp. Publisher's gilt decorated vellum, t.e.g. Illustrated with photogravure frontispieces and plates (printed by Elson & Co, mainly from photographs). Vellum a bit rubbed and handsoiled, some smudging to second title- page and facing tissue guard, toes of spines a bit shelfworn, otherwise a very good set. First printing in this format, limited issue. One of 250 numbered sets, specially printed and bound. This set, however, is not numbered, but is rather the publisher's file set, denoted: "Publisher's Copy. Not to Be Sold" in manuscript in place of the number in each volume. CLARK A24.7. (Inventory #: WRCLIT58271)