HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. The House of the Seven Gables. Boston, 1851. FIRST EDITION of Hawthorne's Gothic novel.
Sale 1023 - The Library of Jack Charles Davis, Sold to Support Charitable Institutions
May 3, 2022
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HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (1804-1864). The House of the Seven Gables. Boston, 1851.
8vo. 4 pp. publisher’s advertisements dated March 1851 [BAL’s printing B, no priority]. Original brown blind-embossed cloth [BAL’s binding B] (rebacked preserving endpapers and portions of original spine, a few other repairs, some minor staining).
FIRST EDITION of Hawthorne's Gothic novel, inspired by the Turner-Ingersoll Mansion in Salem, Massachusetts, which belonged to Hawthorne's cousin Susanna Ingersoll, and by Hawthorne's ancestors who were involved with the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. BAL 7604.
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