Hawthorne, Nathaniel

The Token; a Christmas and New Year's Present...edited by S.G. Goodrich. Boston: Gray and Bowen, 1832, containing the first appearance of "The Gentle Boy" and other works [BAL 7573]; The Token and Atlantic Souvenir...edited by S.G. Goodrich. Boston: Gray and Bowen, 1833, containing the first appearance of "The Seven Vagabonds" and other works,[BAL 7574]; with four other editions of The Token; The Blithedale Romance. Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Fields, 1852, first edition, [BAL 7611]; The Marble Faun. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1860, 2 volumes, first edition, [BAL 7621]; Our Old Home. Boston:Ticknor and Fields, 1863, first edition, [BAL 7626]; with another copy; Passages from the American Note-books. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868, 2 volumes, [BAL 7632]; Passages from the English Note-books. Boston: Fields, Osgood & Co., 1870, first edition, 2 volumes, [BAL 7634]; Passages from the French and Italian Note-books. Boston: James R. Osgood and company, 1872, first edition, 2 volumes, [BAL 7636]; Peter Parley's Universal History. New York: Hoisington, 1839; Tales about Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. London: Thomas Tegg, 1837; Fanshawe and other Pieces. Boston, James R. Osgood, 1876; another edition, Boston, 1876; with eight further editions, chiefly first editions, of his works, comprising Indian Antiquities and Customs (1876), The Life of Pierce (1852), True Stories (1851), Septimus Felton (1872, two copies), The Dolliver Romance (1876), Doctor Grimshawe's Secret (1883), The Snow-Image and other Twice-told Tales (1852); these all in original cloth bindings, the majority in cases and slipcases; together with copies of The American Magazine (volume II, 1836) and The Weal-Reaf (1860) with contributions by Hawthorne; two copies of Julian Hawthorne's biography of his father and mother; and 49 further volumes, including a set of The Works, later illustrated editions (e.g. Hugh Thomson), further copies of The Token, and others; various sizes (84 vols)

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