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Description: [iv], 56, [4, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. This is a newspaper published for the Essex Institute Fair in eight parts. Parts 2 and 3 (at pp. 14 and 28) contain a two-part letter from Hawthorne, addressed to "My Dear Cousin" and dated August 28, 1860. In it, Hawthorne explains that, while he is unable to write a story for the benefit of his "native townspeople" because his "mind seems to have lost the plan and measure of those little narratives [i.e. Twice-Told Tales and the Mosses from an old Manse], in which it was once so unprofitably fertile," but, so as not to let them down, will attempt "to describe a spot near Salem, on which it was once my purpose to locate such a dreamy fiction as you now demand of me." Hawthorne goes on to describe a hill once known as "Browne's Folly.". Frazer Clark, D83; BAL 7623 Contains the general title page, table of contents, and the four pages of fair advertisements at the end. Full green morocco gilt, unopened. With the engraved bookplate of Walter Thomas Wallace on the upper free endpaper. Upper cover and free endpaper detached but present, worn [iv], 56, [4, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: [iv], 56, [4, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. This is a newspaper published for the Essex Institute Fair in eight parts. Parts 2 and 3 (at pp. 14 and 28) contain a two-part letter from Hawthorne, addressed to "My Dear Cousin" and dated August 28, 1860. In it, Hawthorne explains that, while he is unable to write a story for the benefit of his "native townspeople" because his "mind seems to have lost the plan and measure of those little narratives [i.e. Twice-Told Tales and the Mosses from an old Manse], in which it was once so unprofitably fertile," but, so as not to let them down, will attempt "to describe a spot near Salem, on which it was once my purpose to locate such a dreamy fiction as you now demand of me." Hawthorne goes on to describe a hill once known as "Browne's Folly". Clark D83; BAL 7623 Near contemporary half red calf, spine titled in gilt. Light wear to extremities. In blue morocco-backed gilt slipcase by Stikeman. Bookplate of Agnes Neustadt [iv], 56, [4, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Octavos. Original self-wrappers. A complete file of this short-lived periodical, a total of eight parts, issued during the Essex Institute Fair, including a prospectus which indexes the work. Fine in an older custom cloth chemise and blue quarter morocco slipcase that shows some modest rubbing and wear. Best-known for the appearance of "Letter from Hawthorne" printed in numbers 2 and 3, and reprinted in 1876 in *The Dolliver Romance* as "Browne's Folly." A lovely set. *BAL* 7623.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.