Hawthorne, Nathaniel | A large group, including some of the author's most important works

The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

A Group of Works

Lot includes: Twice Told Tales. Boston: American Stationers Co., 1837. 8vo (118 x 192 mm). Publisher's advertisement at beginning and end; foxed. Publisher's patterned brown cloth, spine gilt-lettered; minor rubbing to extremities, split to lower spine. In custom clamshell case. First edition, the Blair copy. BAL 7581, Clark A2.1 — Liberty Tree with the Last Words of Grandfather's Chair. Boston: E.P. Peabody, 1841. 16mo (80 x 121 mm). Some foxing. Publisher’s patterned dark brown cloth, front cover with black paper label decoratively lettered in gilt, tan endpapers; spine slightly faded, wear to label and edges. In custom case and folding chemise. First edition. BAL 7592. — Biographical Stories for Children. Boston: Tappan and Dennet, 1842. 12mo (3 3/4 x 6 1/8 in.; 93 x 150 mm). Minor foxing, title-page loose. Publisher's full purple cloth, covers decoratively ruled and stamped in blind, spine gilt lettered; staining and wear, front free endpaper loose, endleaves toned. In custom slipcase case. First edition. BAL 7595; Clark A9.1.a. — The Blithedale Romance. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852. 8vo (109 x 180). Publisher's advertisements at beginning; minor foxing and some offsetting. Publisher's brown cloth, covers ruled and stamped in blind, spine gilt-lettered, minor wear to extremities. First edition, first printing without the typewear noted by Clark on pages 97 and 108, the Blair copy. BAL 7611. — Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852. 8vo (110 x 168 mm). Frontispiece and plates; some toning, a few stray spots, some offsetting. Publisher's green cloth, covers ruled and stamped in blind; extremities rubbed, hinges cracked, lacking front free endpaper. In custom case. First edition. BAL 7606. — Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852. 8vo (110 x 180 mm). Publisher's advertisements bound in at front; some foxing and offsetting. Publisher's brown cloth, covers ruled and stamped in blind, spine gilt-lettered; extremities rubbed, some staining. In custom case. First edition, the Blair copy. BAL 7607. — Life of Franklin Pierce. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1852. 12mo (111 x 181 mm). A few stray spots, foxing to preliminary leaves. Publisher's brown patterned cloth, covers ruled and stamped in blind, spine gilt-lettered; some staining, ownership inscription to front free endpaper. In custom case. First Edition. BAL 7612. — Tanglewood Tales, for Girls and Boys; Being a Second Wonder-Book. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1853. 8vo (109 x 168). Wood-engraved ornamental title page and 6 plates by Hammatt Billings; some foxing. Publisher's blue cloth, covers ruled and stamped in blind, spine lettered and decoratively stamped in gilt; extremities rubbed. In custom case. BAL 7614. — The Marble Faun: or, The Romance of Monte Beni. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860. 2 volumes, 8vo (110 x 180 mm). Half-titles, publisher's advertisements to end of Vol. I. Publisher's brown cloth, covers ruled and stamped in blind, spines gilt-lettered, brown coated endpapers, Ives & Smith, Mass, booksellers blindstamps to front free endpaper; some very minor rubbing to extremities, small nicks to heads and tails of spines. In custom case. First edition, the Blair copy. BAL 7621. — The Marble Faun: or, The Romance of Monte Beni. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860. 2 volumes, 8vo (110 x 180 mm). Half-titles, publisher's advertisements to end of Vol. I; some browning, minor staining. Publisher's brown cloth, covers ruled and stamped in blind, spines gilt-lettered, brown coated endpapers; rubbing to extremities with some loss, spines cocked, some joints weak or cracked. First edition. BAL 7621. — Doctor Grimshawe's Secret A Romance…edited, with Preface and Notes by Julian Hawthorne. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. 8vo (118 x 190 mm). Publisher's gray/green cloth, upper cover and spine pictorially printed in black and lettered in gilt; minor rubbing to extremities, corners just bumped. In custom case. First edition, the Blair copy, one of 5,000 copies printed. BAL 7642. 

A large group of first editions, including some of Hawthorne's most important works.