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Hawthorne, Nathaniel.. Mosses from an Old Manse. 2 volumes.. Ticknor and Fields., Boston., 1854.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Description: A sound copy of an American classic. Good, moderate wear and chipping to covers, bookplates to pastedowns, light dampstain to last few pages of volume 1. 8vo., 18.7x11.5 cm. 286: 297 pp. + 8 pp. ads. Publisher, blindstamped brown cloth, gilt spine titles, ?New edition carefully revised by the author?.
Seller: Zephyr Books, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Nathaniel Hawthorne. Mosses from an Old Manse. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1854.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A new edition, carefully revised by the author. Two octavo volumes. 286; 297pp., plus 8pp. publisher's ads. Contains three new stories. (BAL 7615). Eighth-inch tears to spine ends, and light rubbing to extremities, else fine, in publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth. Owner's name in small neat, light copper-plate hand.
Seller: Bryn Mawr Bookstore, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Mosses From an Old Manse (Two Volumes. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1854.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First printing of the second (New) edition; Blind stamped cloth covers, with gilt stamped lettering on spine; Covers show a little chipping at spine ends and light rubbing along edges, though remains clean and with fairly bright lettering; Institutional stamps on blank front end leaves of both volumes, and inked name on verso of blank front free end page of volume I; One signature near center of volume I is slightly loosened; A little foxing on first and last few leaves of each volume, though a little heavier in Volume II; There are a couple of penciled notes in margins, though both volume remains generally clean, tight, and otherwise intact.
Seller: Oddfellow's Fine Books and Collectables, Topeka, KS, U.S.A.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. MOSSES FROM AN OLD MANSE [2 Volumes]. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1854.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 2 Volumes. In Good plus condition. Bound in brown cloth with gilt text on spines and blindstamped ornaments on covers. Boards have bumping and rubbing to corners, spine edges chipped off, and mild edge wear and shelf wear. Textblocks have foxing to many pages, light age toning, and writing on front endpapers. Volume one has brown stain on fore edge. Shelved Room A Volume I [1]-286, Volume II [1]-297, [1]-8 pages. BAL 7615. 1372329. Special Collections.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. Mosses from an Old Manse. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1854.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Description: Second American edition, first printing. Octavo (19cm). Two volumes in blindstamped brown cloth, pale yellow endpapers; 286pp; 297,[1]pp; 8pp publisher's catalogue inserted at rear of vol. II, dated September 1854. A straight, tight set, rubbed at extremities, chipped at head and tail, with occasional spots of foxing, else Very Good. Hawthorne added one tale and two sketches to this collection, revised for the second edition. CLARK A15.3. BAL 7615.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Nathaniel Hawthorne. Mosses from an Old Manse. In 2 Volumes. Ticknor and Fields, 1854.
Price: US$186.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two volumes in original bindings, brown leather spines with gilt title and gilt decoration, marbled boards, brown leather corners, previous owners signature on front endpaper. Minor shelfwear.
Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Mosses from an Old Manse. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1854.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: No signatures. Some rubbing and abrasions to leather. Joints intact. Some splitting to endpapers along gutters at hinges. 1/8" rubbed away from leather at head of spine on first volume. Minor dampstain and tidemarks to upper outer corners of last few leaves of first volume. ; Second American edition. Two volumes (complete). Rebound in full brown calf. Each volume with five raised bands on spine, two red-brown lettering pieces with gilt lettering, blind tooled triple border to boards. All page edges dyed red. Marbled endpapers. Binding date uncertain, later 19th century? Page dimensions: 177 x 109mm (7" x 4 3/8"). This second American edition was revised by Hawthorne, and has three additional selections published in collected form for the first time - "Feathertop; a Moralized Legend" in the first volume, and "Passage from a Relinquished Work" and "Sketches from Memory" in the second volume. Without final blank leaves as called for in Clark, but with a single blank fly leaf (not integral with the gatherings) present at the front and rear inside of the free endpapers in each volume. [Bibliographical reference: Clark A15.3.a.]
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand