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The Gentle Boy: A Thrice Told Tale
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Stevenson, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Frontispiece illustration by Sophia Amelia Peabody (lower corner of final leaf restored, a few small repairs at margins elsewhere). Original printed wrappers. Spine restored, a few repaired tears to rear cover, light soiling and wear at extremities. Morocco case.
First separate edition. This is the Chrysler copy in original wrappers. "The Gentle Boy" is a moving tale of the Puritan persecution of the Quakers. The work was inspired by William Sewel's History of the Quakers and informed by the experience of Hawthorne's own ancestor William Hathorne. This first separate edition includes the engraving of Sophia's of the Gentle Boy with the Puritan.
The present copy has Clark's second state of the text with "faces" at 18-1.9, and the third state of frontispiece with artist's initials and date 1/16" high.
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Details
- Bookseller
- 19th Century Rare Book and Photograph Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42820772
- Title
- The Gentle Boy: A Thrice Told Tale
- Author
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Weeks, Jordan & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1839
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...