Centenary Ed Works Nathaniel Hawtho: Vol. I, the Scarlet Lettervolume 1 Hardcover - 1963 - 1st Edition
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
About this book
The Scarlett Letter was one of the first mass-produced novels in the United States, prior printing of books generally done by hand. The 2,500 copies first printed sold out in days, and the mass-production of books opened up conversation about books and authors to a wider-audience on a national level. The first edition of The Scarlet Letter sold out in ten days and “made Hawthorne’s fame, changed his fortune and gave to our literature its first symbolic novel a year before the appearance of Melville’s Moby-Dick” (Bradley). Although an instant best-seller, the books sales over fourteen years only brought the author $1500.
From the rear cover
Set in 17th-century Puritan New England, this story of illicit passion, guilt and punishment revolves around the beautiful and mysterious Hester Prynne. She is condemned to wear a scarlet letter as a sign of her adultery, and it has a strange and disturbing effect upon those around her - neighbours, husband, lover and child. The student will find a helpful introduction and a full section of resource notes encouraging active and imaginative study methods.
First Edition Identification
First edition published by Ticknor, Reeds and Fields, in Boston 1850. Main first edition marker is "reduplicate" instead of "repudiate" on page 21 Four page publisher's adverts at front dated March 1, 1850 and preceding the free end paper. The brown T-cloth favored by Ticknor & Fields is famous for becoming brittle with age, and cracking or fraying at the spine tips. First editions can run upwards of $20,000.
The second edition adds a preface and has a Metcalf imprint on verso of title-page. The third printing has the same preface but has a Hobart & Robbins imprint on verso of title-page.
Details
- Title Centenary Ed Works Nathaniel Hawtho: Vol. I, the Scarlet Lettervolume 1
- Author Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 292
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Ohio State University Press, Columbus
- Date February 1, 1963
- ISBN 9780814200599 / 0814200591
- Weight 1.69 lbs (0.77 kg)
- Dimensions 9.54 x 6.23 x 1.2 in (24.23 x 15.82 x 3.05 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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