Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Twice-told Tales. Boston: American Stationers Co., John B. Russell, 1837, first edition of the author's second book, one of 1000 copies, with the error in the fifth line of the Contents page as normal, 12pp. publisher's advertisements at the end (one page torn with loss), also with 4pp. advertisements at the beginning, original light purple cloth, covers with an all-over design of quatrefoil ornaments, preserved in case and cloth slipcase, some spotting and staining, hinges and spine repaired, lower joint beginning to crack, some further wear and staining to binding; The Snow-Image, and other Twice-told Tales. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852, first edition, original brown cloth, without publisher's advertisements recorded in some copies, covers decorated in blind, spine gilt, yellow endpapers, some staining and spotting, minor wear and spotting to covers; 8vo

The Snow-Image: "A.H. Turner", ownership signature dated 1852; the book collector Eric Quayle, with his bookplate

Twice-told Tales: BAL 7581; Clark A2.1
The Snow-Image, and other Twice-told Tales: BAL 7607

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Twice-Told Tales, Hawthorne's second book, is the first to bear his name on the title page. According to BAL the second work, printed and bound in December 1851, was probably published simultaneously with the 1851 London edition. It was the final collection of the author's short stories published in his lifetime.