True Stories from History and Biography

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

$300 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition, only printing, BAL's first impression, which Clark calls probable second state of the preface. Frontispiece and three plates. viii , 335, 4 ads pp. 12mo 16.5 x 9.8 cm . Original red blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered on spine. Skillfully rebacked with original spine laid down, some wear at extremities. Very good. Clark A12.1.a2. Item #319245 Collects Grandfather's Chair,

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