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The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales
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
Original brown cloth. Some chipping, two gatherings sprung. Morocco case.
John Greenleaf Whittier's copy of the first edition, with his ownership signature and bookplate. A fine association between two important figures in 19th-century American literature. The Quaker poet and abolitionist would later be best-remembered for his 1866 work Snow-Bound.
The present copy also includes a letter from Samuel T. Pickard, Whittier's nephew and eventual executor who was also the publisher of spurious excerpts from Hawthorne's diary in the 1860s.
Provenance: 1. John Greenleaf Whittier, bookplate and signature. 2. Samuel T. Pickard, inscription and accompanying Autograph letter signed to Miss H.D. Richardson. Amesbury, Massachusetts, 1 August 1904. 8 pp letter regarding Whittier's library, family copies, and this copy of Hawthorne's Snow-Image.
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- Bookseller
- 19th Century Rare Book and Photograph Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42820758
- Title
- The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales
- Author
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ticknor, Reed, and Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1852
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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Stevenson, Maryland
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