(The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne).
by HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Tamworth, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Walter Scott Limited, [ca. 1890s] Twelve volumes complete. Crown octavo, attractive bindings of green cloth with designs in silver and rust by Walter Crane. Top edges gilt. Frontispiece portraits in each volume by either T. Eyre Macklin or James Torrance. Includes the following titles: The Scarlet Letter, The House of Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, A Wonder-book for Girls and Boys, Mosses From an Old Manse, Our Old Home, Tanglewood Tales, True Stories from History and Biography, Twice-told Tales, The New Adam and Eve, Legends of the Province House, and The Snow Image. All volumes with ads citing Scott's 12 volume set of Hawthorne, or the 12 titles here as being part of the publsiher's New England Library series. Some browning to endpapers, a few minor imperfections, but generally a very good or better set. Turner 493-501, 550-51, 948, citing these 12 volumes. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11925
- Title
- (The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne).
- Author
- HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Walter Scott Limited, [ca. 1890s] Twelve volumes complete.
- Keywords
- NCLA-Z; CRANECAT; WORKS OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE; WALTER CRANE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Walter Crane;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
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About the Seller
Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Tamworth, Ontario
About Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
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