Three volume set. HAWTHORNE'S TALES. Contains: "Twice-Told Tales: The Snow-Image and Other Tales;" "The House of the Seven Gables. A Romance;" "The Scarlet Letter. A Romance;" and "Transformation [The Marble Faun] and The Blithedale Romance."

Hawthorne, Nathaniel [Nathaniel Hathorne], 1804-1864.

Published by London: George Bell and Sons, York Street, Covent Garden, 1883, 1884, 1886, and 1888.

About this Item

All hardcover, H 18.25cm x L 12.25cm. Handsome set bound in matching half-leather bindings - leather spines and dark green cloth boards with leather corners. Black leather spines each have five slightly raised bands delineating six compartments of which five are gilt tooled plus a gilt lettered maroon title label; scuffing mostly at spine ends and board corners. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers; personal coat-of-arms and nautical-themed bookplate (designed by "Clawson") for a Charles Henry Christopher Moller affixed to each volume's respective front pastedown. Bindings are firm. ***** VOLUME 1. Primary title page -TWICE-TOLD TALES: COMPRISING THE GRAY CHAMPION; THE WEDDING KNELL; THE GENTLE BOY; ANNIE'S RAMBLE; DAVID SWAN; FANCY'S SNOW-BOX; THE HAUNTED MIND; THE SEVEN VAGABONDS; THE WHITE OLD MAID; FOOTPRINTS ON THE SEA-SHORE; ETC., ETC., ETC. . . . THE TWO SERIES COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME. (George Bell and Sons: 1884.) Bound with secondary and tertiary title pages. Secondary title page - "Nathaniel Hawthorne's Tales. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. Twice Told Tales, First and Second Series; Snow Image, and Other Tales." (George Bell: 1886). Tertiary title page - THE SNOW-IMAGE AND OTHER TALES. (George Bell: 1883). Entire volume paged as i-viii, 1-358, [4], i-viii, 1-176. Moller ink inscription at top of primary title page. ***** VOLUME 2. Primary title page - "Nathaniel Hawthorne's Tales. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. The House with the Seven Gables, and the Scarlet Letter." (George Bell: 1886). Secondary title page - THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES. A ROMANCE. (George Bell, 1888). Tertiary title page - THE SCARLET LETTER. A ROMANCE. (George Bell: 1886). Entire volume paged as [2], i-viii, 1-256, [257-260], 261-475. Moller ink inscription on ffly. ***** VOLUME 3. Single title page - TRANSFORMATION [THE MARBLE FAUN] AND THE BLITHEDALE ROMANCE. . . ON ONE VOLUME. (George Bell: 1886). Paged as i-i-xii, 1-583. Moller ink inscription on ffly. ***** Please note that this set has an approximate shipping weight of 4.5 pounds (2 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Three volume set. HAWTHORNE'S TALES. Contains: "Twice-Told Tales: The Snow-Image and Other Tales;" "The House of the Seven Gables. A Romance;" "The Scarlet Letter. A Romance;" and "Transformation [The Marble Faun] and The Blithedale Romance."
• Publisher: London: George Bell and Sons, York Street, Covent Garden, 1883, 1884, 1886, and 1888.
• Binding: Hardcover
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