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[Hawthorne, Nathaniel]
Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description
- Peter Parley's Universal History, on the Basis of Geography. For the use of Families. Boston: John B. Russell, 1837
- paper
12mo (166 x 126mm.), 2 volumes, FIRST EDITION, wood-engraved illustrations and maps, half-titles, original blue-green cloth, covers with ornate floral designs in blind, central urn and wreath ornaments on covers in gilt, spines gilt, lemon endpapers, blue cloth chemise and matching slipcase, repairs to top of spine and upper cover of vol. 1, some minor browning to leaves (2)
Provenance
Arthur Swann, bookplates opposite half-titles; the collection of first editions of American authors formed by the auctioneer and bibliographer Arthur Swann were sold at Parke-Bernet in New York in 1960.
Literature
BAL 7582; Clark A3.1.b
Catalogue Note
Hawthorne was the ghost-writer for this Peter Parley volume published by the editor Nathaniel Goodrich, who had previously published some of the author's early tales in his literary annual The Token. This is the second printing of the first edition with volume numbers printed on the first page of each gathering.