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Lot 62
HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL Twice-Told Tales.
Boston: American Stationers Co., 1837. First edition. Original black cloth stamped with quatrefoil ornament in blind, the spine gilt lettered, housed in a cloth slipcase. 8 x 4 3/4 inches (20 x 12 cm); 334 pp., with two ad leaves at front and the ad catalogue at end. Small losses to spine tips and board extremity, slightly cocked, the hinges strengthened, some spotting within.
First edition of Hawthorne's second book, the first to bear his name, one of 1000 copies. The stories had already appeared in periodicals, hence the name, but the tales were of great influence to many including Poe who noted that their "style is purity itself." BAL 7581, Clark A2.1; Grolier American 44.
C Private Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman
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