HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (1804-1864). A group of 7 works, comprising:
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HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (1804-1864). A group of 7 works, comprising:
Twice-Told Tales. Boston: American Stationers Co., 1837. Later half calf. -- Transformation. Leipzig: Bernard Tauchnitz, 1860. Contemporary vellum gilt. Provenance: Albert Leffingwell (1845-1916), American social reformer and physician; Albert Fear Leffingwell (1895-1946), American novelist (gift inscription). -- Passages from the American Note-Books of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Boston: James R. Osgood & Company, 1868. 2 volumes. Original green cloth gilt. -- Passages from the French and Italian Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Boston: James R. Osgood & Company, 1872. 2 volumes. Original green cloth gilt. -- Works. Boston: The Riverside Press, 1879. 8 volumes. Original half calf gilt. -- The Scarlet Letter. Toronto: Belfords, Clarke, & Co., 1879. Contemporary cloth gilt. -- Doctor Grimshawe's Secret. Boston: James R. Osgood & Company, 1883. Original pictorial cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION.
Together, 7 works in 16 volumes, all 8vo, condition generally fine.
Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
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