Grandfather's Chair: A History for Youth

first edition viii, [i], [9]-140 pp. 12mo

1841 · Boston

by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Boston: E.P. Peabody, 1841. First edition. viii, [i], [9]-140 pp. 12mo. Original bluish plum basket-weave embossed cloth, black paper label on front cover (gilt lettering oxidized to invisibility); green cloth chemise; green morocco pull of case by Bradstreet's (one joint split). First edition. viii, [i], [9]-140 pp. 12mo. The first of three titles in the Grandfather's Chair series for children. It was Elizabeth Palmer Peabody—the sister of Hawthorne's future wife, Sofia—who published these stories when the original publisher, Nahum Capen, withdrew. BAL 7590; Clark A6.1 (Inventory #: 319139)
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