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THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES
by HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Slight foxing to the endpapers. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1935. Hardcover. Slight foxing to the endpapers. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Valenti Angelo. Octavo (6" x 9-3/8") bound in half cowhide leather, dyed a deep black and highly polished with the title stamped in pure palladium with specially made marbled paper sides. Copy #768 of 1500 copies illustrated by Valenti Angelo with linoleum cuts in color and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.
Synopsis
First published in 1851, The House of the Seven Gables is one of Hawthorne's defining works, a vivid depiction of American life and values, replete with brilliantly etched characters. The tale of a cursed house with a "mysterious and terrible past" and the generations linked to it, Hawthorne's chronicle of the Maule and Pyncheon families over two centuries reveals, in Mary Oliver's words, "lives caught in the common fire of history." In a sleepy little New England village stands a dark, weather-beaten, many-gabled house. This brooding mansion is haunted by a centuries-old curse that casts the shadow of ancestral sin upon the last four members of the distinctive Pyncheon family. Mysterious deaths threaten the living. Musty documents nestle behind hidden panels carrying the secret of the family's salvation--or its downfall. Hawthorne called The House of the Seven Gables "a Romance," and freely bestowed upon it many fascinating gothic touches. A brilliant intertwining of the popular, the symbolic, and the historical, the novel is a powerful exploration of personal and national guilt, a work that Henry James declared "the closest approach we are likely to have to the Great American Novel." .
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Reviews
On Jun 6 2016, a reader said:
I just found a hard back cover edition of this great book on my mother-in-laws book case. She received it for a Christmas present in 1941. It has a number 53 stamped into its back cover. I'm reading it now and enjoying the writers craft and story. I became intrigued with Hawthorne's style and decided to look it up. Thank you for your review and priceless information about the book and the author. I will treasure my copy and forever be grateful to my husbands sweet mother for giving me this window into the past through The House to the Seven Gables. A beautiful reading experience for years to come.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019058
- Title
- THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES
- Author
- HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel
- Illustrator
- Valenti Angelo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Slight foxing to the endpapers. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- Signed, Valenti Angelo, Color Plates, Limited Editions, Linoleum Cuts, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Fine Press
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century American Literature;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
All books subject to prior sale. Payment with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $11.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, and American Express accepted. We are also open to reasonable payment terms. A book may be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Fine
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- Colophon
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- Octavo
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