Nathaniel Hawthorne
255 copies for sale · $20–$48,000 · 99 first editions · 8 signed
Notable copies for sale
Tanglewood Tales, For Girls And Boys; Being A Second Wonder-Book (first edition, signed) — B & B Rare Books$48,000
A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls (first edition) — Biblioctopus$7,500
The New–England Magazine (first edition) — Biblioctopus$7,250
A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys (first edition) — Whitmore Rare Books$2,500
Famous Old People: Being the Second Epoch of Grandfather's Chair (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$2,500
Biographical Stories for Children (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$2,000
The Marble Faun (signed) — Burnside Rare Books$1,500
Document Signed Nath' Hawthorne , in his role as Consul of the United States at Liverpool, (signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$1,250
The Writings of… (signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$1,000
The Marble Faun (first edition, signed) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$150
The House of the Seven Gables (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$1,500
Mosses form an Old Manse (first edition) — Back Creek Books$1,500
What these are worth
OUR OLD HOME3 copies from 3 sellers
OUR OLD HOME: A Series of English Sketches (first edition)4 copies from 4 sellers
The Blithedale Romance7 copies from 6 sellers
THE SCARLET LETTER (first edition)3 copies from 3 sellers
Transformation: or, the Romance of Monte Beni3 copies from 3 sellers
True Stories from History and Biography3 copies from 3 sellers
Each page gathers every copy on the market, what similar copies have fetched, and the spread between them.
Works on the market
SCARLET LETTER24 copies · A$23–A$1,100
TWICE - TOLD TALES11 copies · $43–$125
HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES10 copies · $38–$116
THE MARBLE FAUN OR THE ROMANCE OF MONTE BENI8 copies · $32–$750
MOSSES FROM AN OLD MANSE7 copies · $38–$3,500
THE SCARLET LETTER; Easton Press6 copies · $273–$373
A WONDER-BOOK FOR GIRLS AND BOYS5 copies · $43–$2,500
TANGLEWOOD TALES5 copies · $49–$1,250
House of Seven Gables5 copies · $20–$128
Scarlet Letter4 copies · $30–$7,800
Scarlet Letter, a Romance4 copies · $86–$5,000
The Marble Faun: or the Romance of Monte Beni4 copies · $300–$750
The Blithedale Romance4 copies · $75–$350
SHORT STORIES; Easton Press4 copies · $273–$298
SELECTED TALES; Franklin Library4 copies · $273–$273
OUR OLD HOME: A Series of English Sketches4 copies · $100–$200
A Wonder Book For Girls And Boys3 copies · $130–$3,000
TANGLEWOOD TALES, FOR GIRLS AND BOYS: BEING A SECOND WONDER-BOOK3 copies · $850–$2,250
GRANDFATHER'S CHAIR; A History for Youth3 copies · $47–$1,500
TRUE STORIES FROM HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY3 copies · $250–$500
Market context
66 copies of Nathaniel Hawthorne's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $50 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
The Complete Works, 13 volumes, Riverside Edition, 1897-1898 (dominic winter, 2026-06-01)£150
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