first edition
1885 · Boston
by HAWTHORNE, Julian
Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1885. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); original mustard yellow decorative cloth embossed in black and gilt; 304pp. Gloth rather soiled and spotted, extremities a bit rubbed, corners lightly bumped, front hinge cracked but holding, contemporary ownership rubberstamp to front free endpaper and rear pastedown. Still, an About Very Good copy. A novel of New York politics by the prolific 19th-century author. WRIGHT III 2593. (Inventory #: 31660)