Nathaniel Hawthorne and His Wife: A Biography by Julian Hawthorne (2 volumes)
by Hawthorne, Julian
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1885. Early printing, ex libris Charles B. Foote. Leather bound. 505; 465pp. Duodecimo [20 cm] 3/4 brown leather with marbled paper over boards. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. With minimal rubbing to the extremities. The text block of volume 1 is cracked at the beginning, but the book is very sturdy. The frontispiece guard of this volume is brittle and chipped at the edges. The front pastedowns have Charles B. Foote's custom designed decorative Nathaniel Hawthorne themed bookplates. Charles B. Foote was a prominent collector of literary first editions. A catalogue of his collection was produced entitled Catalogue of the Unique Collection Made by Charles B. Foote, Esq., Of This City: Of First Editions of the Following American Authors, R. W. Emerson, Nath'l Hawthorne, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry W. Longfellow, Jas. Russell Lowell, Edgar Allan Poe, and John G. Whittier, to Be Sold at Auction Friday, November 23, 1894. It is stated in the New York Times, November 5, 1894, "It is announced that Bangs & Co. will sell late this month Mr. Charles B. Foote's remarkable collection of first editions of Emerson, Hawthorne, Holmes, Longfellow, Lowell, Poe, and Whittier. Mr. Foote is one of the collectors who entered the American field very early, and thus was able to gather together what is probably an unsurpassed collection. He has been remarkable as an enthusiast at his avocation. Some years ago he brought to this office a copy of Hawthorne's "Fanshawe," one of the rarest of American first editions, and the pride shown by him in its possession was an agreeable thing to look upon." An attractive set once owned by a true Hawthorne enthusiast.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57715
- Title
- Nathaniel Hawthorne and His Wife: A Biography by Julian Hawthorne (2 volumes)
- Author
- Hawthorne, Julian
- Format/Binding
- Leather bound
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early printing, ex libris Charles B. Foote
- Publisher
- James R. Osgood and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1885
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...