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HAWTHORNE'S WORKS
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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UPLAND, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton, Osgood & Co., 1880. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. HAWTHORNE'S WORKS published in 1889 as a 23-volume set half-bound in calf. Spines have six compartments with series title and volume titles in gilt. Sextodecimo 6.75" tall, 4.25" wide. Most bear the bookplate of Eleanor Vinton, 2nd poet laureate of New Hampshire. Set includes: THE SCARLET LETTER, HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES, FANSHAWE, OUR OLD HOME, SEPTIMUS FELTON, MARBLE FAUN, BLITHEDALE ROMANCE, TWICE TOLD TALES, WONDER-BOOK FOR GIRLS AND BOYS, MOSSES FROM AN OLD MANSE, TANGLEWOOD TALES, DOLLIVER ROMANCE, SNOW IMAGE, GRANDFATHER'S CHAIR, AMERICAN NOTE-BOOKS, ENGLISH NOTE-BOOKS, and FRENCH & ITALIAN NOTE-BOOKS. Condition -- most endpapers lightly foxed with dampstain to edges, but no foxing or dampstain to textblock in any volume. Rubbing to leather on some spines. SCARLET LETTER front hinge starting, & several small stains to front endpapers. Joints sound on all volumes. Abrasion to front cover of FANSHAW, ENGLISH NOTE-BOOKS vol. II, and GRANDFATHER'S CHAIR. Overall good to very good, with no markings and tight textblocks in all volumes.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cedar Tree Antiques
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 114952
- Title
- HAWTHORNE'S WORKS
- Author
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton, Osgood & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1880
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Classics
Terms of Sale
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UPLAND, California
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About Cedar Tree Antiques
Cedar Tree Antiques has been selling art, antiques and books since 1992, throughout Southern California.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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