Nathaniel Hawthorne. Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne Fanshawe. T.Y. Crowell & Co., New York, 1902.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and a gilt crest with Hawthorne on the front board. The gilt of the spine has some light fading in one spot. There is a bump to the top edge of the front board and the cloth here is a little bumped. Corners are sharp but show some fading from shelf wear. The end papers are toned, but free from owner's names and book plates. Text pages toned as is the clean text block. Well preserved.

Seller: Adams Shore Books, Quincy, MA, U.S.A.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. HAWTHORNE'S ROMANCES. T.Y. Crowell and Co., New York, 1900, 1902.

Price: US$1100.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: THE WORKS OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, Lenox Edition, Edited by Katharine Lee Bates. First, boxed 14 Volumes. Vol. 1 Twice Told Tales I; Vol. II Twice Told Tales II; Vol. III Mosses From an Old Manse, I; Vol. IV Mosses From an Old Manse, II; Vol. V The Scarlett Letter; Vol. VI The House of Seven Gables; Vol. VII A Wonder Book; Vol. VIII Tanglewood Tales; Vol. IX The Snow Image; Vol. X The Blighedale Romance; Vol. XI The Marble Faun, I; Vol. XII The Marble Faun, II; Vol. XIV Grandfathers Chair Biographical Stories. Beautiful maroon cloth covered hinged wood box with stamped Hawthorne's Romances Lenox Edition in gilt with gilt leaves and decorations on each side. Box is very lightly scuffed on front. Internally, inside lid has lable with author, publisher, title and full listing of all the books. All 14 books are full maroon flexible leather covered boards. Gilt title with leaf motif on all spines, title and leaf motif repeated on front cover. Red ribbon page marker in each. Prev. owners name on first blank free end paper, very small in very attractive script. Books are very bright and sound in AS NEW CONDITION! Remarkable Rare Set! AS NEW.

Seller: A Casperson Books, Niles, MI, U.S.A.