Hawthorne's First Diary: with an Account of its Discovery and Loss Inscribed

by preface, disclaimer, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Samuel T. Pickard, William

$200 · Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books

First edition · Signed

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company / The Riverside Press, 1897. First Edition. Inscribed by Pickard on front endpaper: Rev. Herbert Loubard with regards Samuel T. Pickard , dated July 25, 1904, and 3pp. A.L.s. from Pickard to Loubard and printed Note to page 61 adhered to rear pastedown. Octavo 18.5cm ; brown cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine and front

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