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Lot 69
Sale 5439 - Fine Books, Manuscripts & Ephemera
Jan 15, 2009
5:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$100 -
150
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$275
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2 vols. 2 vols.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Marble Faun. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860. First American edition, presumed first issue. 12mo, orig. blind stamped brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine; corners bumped, light edge wear, spine ends slightly chipped, very slightly cocked. In custom morocco & cloth slipcase with with cloth chemise. With 16 pp pub. cat., dated March, 1860, at rear of vol 1. Complete with 1/2 titles. Internally generally clean, some light foxing to pub. cat.
BAL 7621; Clark 233a. Vol. 2 paginated (1)-228, all BAL & Clark ptgs. call for (1)-234; blank pp. [285-288].
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