Hawthorne's Fanshawe The Betsy Cushing Whitney copy HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (1804-1864). Fanshawe, A Tale. Boston: Putnam and Hunt for Marsh and Capen, 1828. Exceedingly scarce first edition of Hawthorne’s first book, published anonymously at his own expense soon after his graduation from Bowdoin College. Although widely reviewed, very few copies sold and a warehouse fire at the publisher's destroyed much of the inventory. Hawthorne later suppressed knowledge of Fanshawe. The present is the "from / ha" issue (Bruccoli, PBSA, 1964:1). The bibliographies cite violet muslin cloth, but here it is blue. BAL 7570; Clark A1.1. Octavo. Original blue muslin-backed boards, printed paper spine label (spine label chipped with loss, boards a bit soiled and worn, a bit shaken, two circular marks to lower flyleaf); custom chamois chemise and red morocco pull-off case. Provenance: John [Fortes?] (early ownership inscription) – Betsey Cushing Whitney (her sale, Sotheby's New York, 23 April 1999, lot 464).
Hawthorne's Fanshawe The Betsy Cushing Whitney copy HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (1804-1864). Fanshawe, A Tale. Boston: Putnam and Hunt for Marsh and Capen, 1828. Exceedingly scarce first edition of Hawthorne’s first book, published anonymously at his own expense soon after his graduation from Bowdoin College. Although widely reviewed, very few copies sold and a warehouse fire at the publisher's destroyed much of the inventory. Hawthorne later suppressed knowledge of Fanshawe. The present is the "from / ha" issue (Bruccoli, PBSA, 1964:1). The bibliographies cite violet muslin cloth, but here it is blue. BAL 7570; Clark A1.1. Octavo. Original blue muslin-backed boards, printed paper spine label (spine label chipped with loss, boards a bit soiled and worn, a bit shaken, two circular marks to lower flyleaf); custom chamois chemise and red morocco pull-off case. Provenance: John [Fortes?] (early ownership inscription) – Betsey Cushing Whitney (her sale, Sotheby's New York, 23 April 1999, lot 464).
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