HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel

The House of the Seven Gables

Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851. 8vo (18 x 11 cm). [viii], 344 pages. 4-page advertisements inserted between front endpapers. Original brown embossed cloth, gilt-lettered on spine. Provenance: Christmas 1853 gift ink inscription from B. Frost to his niece Mary B. S. Fuller on front flyleaf. Losses at ends of spine, corners lightly worn, a few stains. Item #406559

FIRST EDITION, fifth printing, with Clark's textual points. BAL 7604; Clark A17.1.e.

Price: $400.00