Hawthorne, Nathaniel

The Scarlet Letter

Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1850. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good / No Jacket. Item #1503605

First edition with all first issue points, including catalogue dated March 1, 1850. Octavo, publisher's brown cloth decoratively stamped in blind and letter in gilt at the spine (cloth along rear joint cracked nearly through exposing webbing, rear hinge cracking near bottom and tender, additional rubbing, minor soiling,previous owner's faint writing on front free end paper; a good, unsophisticated copy). Housed in custom-made green cloth clamshell case.

Price: $4,500.00