Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Scarlet Letter. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850. First printing....
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Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Scarlet Letter. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850. First printing.More Information:
Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Scarlet Letter. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850. First Printing with the misprint "reduplicate" for "repudiate" at line 20 page 21 but lacking the advertisement pages as called for. Octavo. iv, 322 pages. Publisher's original blind-stamped brown cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Boards with light soiling and worn at the edges, corners and some loss to spine ends; text block slightly leaning; pages toned with occasional light soiling; contemporary owner's book label on the front pastedown; front hinge cracked and advertisement pages lacking as mentioned, else a good copy.
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