Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Grandfather's Chair: a History for Youth. Boston: E.P. Peabody and (New York:) Wiley and Putnam, 1841, original basket-weave cloth, paper label on upper cover, stained, covers worn and faded; second edition, 1842, in binding C with ornate throne-like chair in gilt on upper cover, advertisements at the end; Famous Old People: being the second epoch of Grandfather's Chair. Boston: E.P. Peabody, 1841, original basket-weave cloth, stained, lacking most of label from upper cover; Liberty Tree: with the last words of Grandfather's Chair. Boston: E.P. Peabody, 1841, first state printing (BAL's A printing, with points), original dark blue cloth, label faded, spotted, endpapers discoloured, binding worn; second edition of same, original cloth, in binding C with throne-like chair in gilt on upper cover; each volume in red case and quarter red morocco slipcase; 12mo (5)

Frederic R. Kirkland, armorial bookplate in each volume

BAL 7590, 7593, 7591, 7592, 7593

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