THE SCARLET LETTER

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

$7,000 · Offered by Phillip J. Pirages

First edition

Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850 . 183 x 112 mm. 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 . 4 ads , iv, 322 pp. FIRST EDITION, First Issue, with advertisements dated March 1, 1850, and with the misprint on p. 21, line 20 reduplicate for repudiate. Early 20th century polished calf, covers with double gilt fillet border, rosette cornerpieces, smooth spine divided into panels by chain roll, two panels

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