HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (1804-1864). The Scarlet Letter, A Romance . Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1850.
HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (1804-1864). The Scarlet Letter, A Romance . Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1850. 8 o . Title-page printed in red and black (lacking 4pp. publisher's advertisement). Original brown cloth, blindstamped floral device inside ruled panels on both covers, spine stamped in gilt (extremities rubbed, hinges weak, small chip at top of spine); cloth slipcase. Provenance : Jacob Chester Chamberlain, bibliographer of Longfellow (bookplate); William Armstrong (bookplate); Helen Armstrong (bookplate); unknown owner (blue and gold bookplate with letter "A" and wings). FIRST EDITION of Hawthorne's classic tale of adultery, guilt and vengeance. In spite of its controversial story and themes, the book sold very well, with 2,500 copies in readers' hands after the first week alone. It established Hawthorne's reputation as a master storyteller, and placed this powerful novel in the top rank of American literary classics. BAL 7600; Clark A16.1; Grolier American 59. [ Laid-in: ] HAWTHORNE. Autograph letter signed ("Nath l Hawthorne"), to Edward Welles, Lenox, [Mass.] 18 November 1850. One page, 8vo, remnants of tipping on verso . In the accompanying letter, Hawthorne supplies an autograph and apologizes for assuming his correspondent was female: "...But for your express declaration that you are a boy, I might have imagined another origin for your very pretty and graceful note" since the "beauty and delicate freedom of the cleriography would rather have seemed to indicate the fair hand of a young lady."
HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (1804-1864). The Scarlet Letter, A Romance . Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1850.
HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (1804-1864). The Scarlet Letter, A Romance . Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1850. 8 o . Title-page printed in red and black (lacking 4pp. publisher's advertisement). Original brown cloth, blindstamped floral device inside ruled panels on both covers, spine stamped in gilt (extremities rubbed, hinges weak, small chip at top of spine); cloth slipcase. Provenance : Jacob Chester Chamberlain, bibliographer of Longfellow (bookplate); William Armstrong (bookplate); Helen Armstrong (bookplate); unknown owner (blue and gold bookplate with letter "A" and wings). FIRST EDITION of Hawthorne's classic tale of adultery, guilt and vengeance. In spite of its controversial story and themes, the book sold very well, with 2,500 copies in readers' hands after the first week alone. It established Hawthorne's reputation as a master storyteller, and placed this powerful novel in the top rank of American literary classics. BAL 7600; Clark A16.1; Grolier American 59. [ Laid-in: ] HAWTHORNE. Autograph letter signed ("Nath l Hawthorne"), to Edward Welles, Lenox, [Mass.] 18 November 1850. One page, 8vo, remnants of tipping on verso . In the accompanying letter, Hawthorne supplies an autograph and apologizes for assuming his correspondent was female: "...But for your express declaration that you are a boy, I might have imagined another origin for your very pretty and graceful note" since the "beauty and delicate freedom of the cleriography would rather have seemed to indicate the fair hand of a young lady."
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