Passages from the American Note-Books of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Illustrated Library Edition of Hawthorne's Works. Two Volumes in One
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston: James R. Osgood & Co., 1871. Published 1871. Illustrated throughout with engravings. Brown cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and in blind, top edge tinted brown, 228 pages. Covers rubbed at the extremities, chips to spine ends, spine cloth slightly faded, lower portion of front cover lightly faded, front hinge internally cracked, rear hinge just starting, sound text block, name on preliminary blank, pages otherwise clean and unmarked.. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017539
- Title
- Passages from the American Note-Books of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Illustrated Library Edition of Hawthorne's Works. Two Volumes in One
- Author
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- James R. Osgood & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1871
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- CLASSIC AMERICAN FICTION HAWTHORNE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
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East Granby, Connecticut
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- Gilt
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- Hinge
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