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Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boston and New York; Houghton, Mifflin and Company / The Riverside Press, 1900. 1900. Very good. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY F.C YOHN - Octavo, three-quarter teal blue morocco and marbled boards titled and decorated in gilt with raised bands on the spine. The top edge is gilt. The covers are rubbed along the extremities and the top front corner is chipped as is the head of the spine. xii & 358 pages, illustrated with photogravures by F.C. Yohn and a frontispiece in 2 states (one colored) by Yohn, signed in pencil by Yohn below the image of the monochrome frontispiece. An internally bright partially unopened copy. Volume 16 of the Autograph Edition of "The Complete Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne", issued in a limited edition of 500 copies. Complete in itself with the entire text of Hawthorne's "Tales and Sketches", illustrated by F.C. Yohn, with a signed print by Yohn.Included are "Fanshawe", "The Antique Ring", "An Old Woman's Tale", "Alice Doane's Appeal", "The Ghost of Doctor Harris", "The Young Provincial", "The Haunted Quack", "The New England Village", "My Wife's Novel", and "The Bald Eagle".
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Vol 6 in a limited edition 22 volume set. This copy is 285 out of 500, signed under the first plate, 3/4 leather, blue, marbled, gilt, leather is dry and cracked along edges of spine, top edge of spine peeling off, else solid and clean. BP/ case
Seller: Bookplate, Chestertown, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Description: VG+/None. First and only autographed edition, the only 2 books in Mifflin's 22 volume autographed set limited to 500 numbered sets that Alice Barber Stephens signed or contributed illustrations, this being volumes 9 and 10 from set number 159. Publishers original smooth white woven cloth with paper label on spine with author's name, title and 'autographed edition' printed in black inside box borders printed in red. Contains a photogravure frontispiece, vignette title, and 4 additional B&W plates by Stephens in each volume (thus 2 Stephens signatures), all on India paper mounted, with each frontispiece signed in pencil by Stephens. Descriptive tissue guards for all illustrations, and a printed limitation page behind the half title of each book indicating they are both from copy #159 of only 500 sets.This family authorized set of Hawthorne's was issued by Houghton Mifflin in 1900 in 3 versions - an 'autographed' set limited to 500 copies, a 'large paper' set limited to 500 copies, and an 'Old Manse' smaller sized trade edition. The autographed edition is by far the most desireable because it was signed not only by Hawthorne's daughter Rose Hawthorne Lathrop (in Volume 1), but each of the 22 volumes has their frontispiece hand signed in pencil by the artist. In all, 21 different artist's signatures are to be found in this veritable treasure trove of golden age illustrators and artists that include Childe Hassam, Howard Pyle, Jessie Willcox Smith, Edmund Garrett, Anna Whelan Betts, Sarah Stillwell, Eric Pape, E C Peixotto, Alice Barber Stephens (the only artist with signed frontispieces in 2 volumes), and numerous others. Leatherbound sets of the autographed edition can be found on the internet priced from $3,500 to $12,500, making it financially difficult for the collector of any individual artist to secure a copy of their scarce autograph.The 2 volumes offered here are volumes #9 and #10 in the Hawthorne set - the only 2 volumes for which Stephens contributed illustrations and the only 2 volumes of the set which she signed. The frontispieces are one of the few limited edition volumes ever signed by Stephens, and is far less common to find as a single volume because they are usually part of the 22 volume set - if one is only interested in Stephen's work one therefore need not acquire any other of the remaining 20 volumes to have all of her contributions to the set. The 2 Stephens' volumes are also being offered here togather - the only other copy offered on the internet is a single signed volume, which is far less incomplete both in terms of the Hawthorne work as well as having Stephens' complete contributions to the set. While the large paper limited edition is the same size as this volume, it must be considered much the less desireable because it lacks Stephen's signature. Truly a scarce and highly collectible book, in quite collectable condition, that belongs in every serious Stephens collector's library. TO SEE MORE PICTURES AND ADDITIONAL SPECIAL ITEMS, VISIT OUR BOOKSELLER's HOMEPAGE.
Seller: Illustrators Bookcase, Kenilworth, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: #10 of 500 copies. Autograph edition. Contains handsigned (pencil) lithograph of Warwick Castle (black & white) by Earnest C. Peixotto. Leather spine has a split 1" long at top front. 3/4 Green Moroccan leather with Marbled boards. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Collectorsemall, Rialto, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Twenty-two volumes; one of 500 numbered sets signed by daughter Rose Hawthorne Lathrop (a convert to Roman Catholicism, later known as Mother Alphonsa); publisher's beige buckram with printed paper spine labels; some minor cloth soiling and discoloration; a very good, clean set. Each frontispiece is signed by its illustrator, including, among others, Jessie Willcox Smith, Eric Pape, F.T. Merrill, Howard Pyle, Arthur I. Keller, F.C. Yohn and Childe Hassam. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "The Complete Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne", edited by the authors daughter, Rose Hawthorne Lathrop. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1900. IMITED AUTOGRAPH EDITION, number 490 of 500 copies SIGNED BY HAWTHORNES DAUGHTER in Volume 1. 21 (of 22) volumes only; lacking volume 6, 8vo. Engraved additional halftitles, numerous plates tipped in plus a frontispiece in each volume SIGNED by a different artist in pencil including Howard Pyle, Jessie Wilcox Smith, Frank Merrill and many others. Publishers white buckram, printed spine labels, edges uncut, several unopened (exlibrary copies with very few markings; pockets affixed to rear pastedowns, spines a bit darkened; uncommonly bright interior).[Together with:] WOODBERRY, George E. Nathaniel Hawthorne. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1902. 8vo. Uniformly bound with the set above. Large Paper Edition. Nice set of Hawthorne's works.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Description: 22-volume signed limited edition set, lavishly illustrated by the best artists of the day specifically for this edition - with plates in double suite, 2 states of each in color and in black and white. This "autograph edition" was limited to 500 numbered copies, each volume illustrated by a different artist with each illustration in 2 states: in color and in black and white. The frontispiece in each volume is signed by the illustrator. In addition, the limitation page is signed by the publisher and by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, Nathaniel's daughter, who also wrote the introduction for this edition. The impressive list of artists includes many of the Brandywine illustrators: Jessie Willcox Smith, Howard Pyle, Anna Whelan Betts, Ethel Franklin Betts, Stanley Arthurs, Alice Barber Stephens, Frank Schoonover, Sarah Stilwell and Ellen Thompson. Also illustrated by Bertha C. Day, Childe Hassam, E. Boyd Smith, F.C. Yohn, Eric Pape, Jules Guerin, Frederick McCormick, C.S. Chapman, Mary Ayer, Clyde O. Deland and others. Those whose signatures are included are: Jessie Willcox Smith, Howard Pyle, Anna Whelan Betts, Childe Hassam, Alice Barber Stephens (2), Sarah Stilwell, Arthur Keller, F.C. Yohn, Eric Pape, Jules Guerin, Frederick McCormick, Mary Ayer, E.C. Peixtto, Harry Fenn, Frank T. Merrill, Edmund Garrett, Maud Cowles, Emlen McConnell, Albert Herter, B. West Clinedinst and Ross Turner. A magnificent set, perfect for the Brandywine collector. 22 octavo volumes. Original blue buckram. Uncut and unopened. Spines uniformly faded, else fine.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Description: 22 vols. With Portraits, Illustrations, and Facsimiles. Each volume contains a signed frontispiece by a different artist, including Howard Pyle, Jessie Wilcox Smith, Frank Merrill, Childe Hassam, Maude Cowles, Ernest Peixotto, Anna Whelan Butts and others. 8vo, publisher's white buckram with paper spine labels printed in red and black. Autograph Edition; No. 135 of 500 sets, signed by editor Rose Hawthorne Lathrop. Spines and spine labels very slightly and uniformly tanned; light use; all volumes tight and sound.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: Autograph Edition. Limited to 500 copies, this no. 236. Signed by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop (1851-1926), second daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorn, and by Houghton Mifflin Co., and with a tipped in bank check dated October 4th, 1861 SIGNED BY NATHANILE HAWTHORNE. 22 volumes. Each volume illustrated by a different author (the 2 volumes of Marble Faun by same artist). The frontispiece in each volume in signed in pencil by the artist of that volume. Bound in quarter brown crushed morocco with cloth sides and marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spines with gilt titles and triple fillet panel frames with tiny cornerpieces. Illustrators: Child Hassam, Jules Guerin, Howard Pyle, Jessie Willcox Smith, Ernest C. Peixotto, Eric Pape, Sarah S. Stillwell, Anna Whelan Betts, Frank T. Merrill, A I. Keller, F.C. Yorn, Emlen M'Connell, B. West Clinedinst, Alice Barber Stephens, Mary Ayer, Maule Cowles, Frederick McCormick, Albert Herter, Harry Fenn, and Edmund Garrett. Tiny chip to one crown, some paper cracking to gutter at first signature of Vol. I, all else fine Autograph Edition. Limited to 500 copies, this no. 236. Signed by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop (1851-1926), second daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorn, and by Houghton Mifflin Co., and with a tipped in bank check dated October 4th, 1861 SIGNED BY NATHANILE HAWTHORNE.
Seller: First Folio A.B.A.A., Paris, TN, U.S.A.
Price: US$3575.00 + shipping
Description: 22 volumes. The Autograph Edition, Designed by Bruce Rogers and Limited to 500 Signed and Numbered Copies of which this is No. 42. The Edition is signed by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop and the Clerk of the Houghton Mifflin Company. Illustrated throughout with plates by American artists. Each Frontispiece plate in two states, both coloured and uncoloured, and each signed by a different artist. Those signed include: Childe Hassam, Ross Turner, Jules Guerin, Howard Pyle, Jesse Willcox Smith, Eric Paper, F.T. Merrill and E.H. Garrett. Over 130 plates are included throughout the 22 volumes. Tall 8vo, very finely bound in especially handsome three-quarter rich dark-turquoise crushed levant morocco over marbled boards gilt, the spines very beautifully decorated with fine and elaborate panel designs gilt within the compartments between raised bands gilt stopped, lettered in gilt in two compartments, marbled endleaves to match, top edges gilt. A very beautiful and very handsome set, very fine and very well preserved and a very special survival thus. FIRST EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH EDITION OF THE WORKS OF ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST CELEBRATED AUTHORS. This is a beautifully produced, illustrated and bound set of Hawthornes complete works. Salems Nathaniel Hawthorne was from a prominent puritan family dating back before the time of the famous witch trials. He led a solitary life and was of rare sensitivity, thus he resisted the Transcendental movement favored by his contemporaries and developed a style of storytelling all his own. His extremely popular works of fiction, including such classics as THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES and THE SCARLET LETTER, are often called masterpieces of New England spiritual history. His shorter works, like Poes but with more of a moral significance, helped to develop the short story into a distinctive American genre. Rose Hawthorne Lathrop was Rose was the daughter of Nathaniel and Sophia Hawthorne. This is a wonderful set, beautifully bound and autographed by as close a descendant of Hawthorne as is possible to find.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$3750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: . . . . Ltd. edition: no. 158 of 500 signed & numbered copies. 8vo, hardcover, no dj's. 22 volumes, plus Woodberry's biography of Hawthorne comprising an additional, 23rd, matching volume. Beautifully bound in olive green half morocco leather, marbled boards & endpapers; 5 raised bands at spine w/ decorative gilt in the compartments; top edge gilt, page edges untrimmed. Volume 1 is signed on the limitation page by the author's daughter Rose Hawthorne Lathrop as well as the publisher. Each volume includes a distinctive color frontispiece by a different illustrator, plus a tissue-protected reproduction of that frontis. plate signed in pencil by the volume's illustrator. Numerous eminent illustrators are represented, among them Howard Pyle, Childe Hassam, Frank E. Schoonover, Anna Whelan Betts, Jessie Wilcox Smith, Alice Barber Stephens, and others. Vg+ condition overall: most volumes near fine, exteriors clean, corners sharp, little to no outer rubbing; however, spines of all volumes lightly sunned to a matching degree: originally green leather spines now appear to be the same matching shade of brown; gilt spine decoration & title lettering remain bright. Very occasional, mild foxing to some volumes, confined chiefly to margins. Six volumes show a pale water-stain around the margins of pages: in 4 of the 6, this affects only the frontis. plates through title page, fading away thereafter. Overall a very handsome set, contents unmarked, bindings & hinges quite firm. Each volume appx. 350 pp., illus. w/ tissue-protected plates. Includes a 23rd volume showing the same limitation number (no. 158), in matching binding: George E. Woodberry's biography of Hawthorne, 302 pp.
Seller: Tiber Books, Cockeysville, MD, U.S.A.
HAWTHORNE Nathaniel. Writings. , 1900.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Description: "HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. The Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1900-05. Twenty-four volumes. Octavo, contemporary three-quarter blue morocco, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gilt, uncut and partially unopened. $4500."Autograph Edition" of Nathaniel Hawthorne's works, number 452 of only 500 sets signed by his daughter Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, illustrated with 135 plates, including an engraved frontispiece in each volume signed by the artist. Contributing artists' signatures include Howard Pyle and Jesse Willcox Smith. An impressive, beautifully bound set.Includes not only The Scarlet Letterarguably the author's most celebrated work, which "changed his fortune and gave to our literature its first symbolic novel" (Bradley et al., 652)but also The House of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance and The Marble Faun, as well as his short stories (among them such memorable masterpieces as "Rappaccini's Daughter," "Young Goodman Brown" and "The Minister's Black Veil"), travel writings, and biographical sketches. "Hawthorne has long been recognized as a classic interpreter of the spiritual history of New England [and] he was a leader in the development of the short story as a distinctive American genre" (Hart, 320-21). Includes George Woodberry's 1902 biography, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Nina Browne's 1905 A Bibliography of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Signed in the first volume by Hawthorne's daughter Rose Hawthorne Lathrop and the publishers. Each volume with four engraved plates (Volume VII with seven), engraved vignette half title and engraved frontispiece signed in pencil by the artist. Signatories include Jessie Willcox Smith (Volume IV) and Howard Pyle (Volume XIII). BAL 7645. A beautiful illustrated set in fine condition."
Seller: Bauman Rare Books, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$5411.58 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition Thus 8vos.Over 6000 pafges Large paper edition, one of 500 sets, this copy with ALs from the author. Number 161 of 500 large paper copies, this copy with A.L.s from the author to Henry Bright, 2pp., laid down on loosely inserted page, frontispieces in two states (some colour) contemporary blue half morocco, spines gilt in compartments, t.e.g., others uncut, occasionally slight rubbing but a bright and handsome set overall, [BAL 7645]. Includes as the 22nd volume Nina Browne's bibliography which appeared in 1905. An excellent set. With good signed handwritten letterdated 25th April 1960 from Charles Street Bath where Hawthorne was staying on a tour of Europe and Britain with his family. He discusses the manuscript of "Monte Beni' (The Marble Faun part of which he had sent to Bright) and also arranges a meeting and a trip trip 'I should like to see Cambridge under your auspices.' He also refers to Bright's rating (presumably of the value) of another Hawthorne MS - the short story 'Benicia Boy'. About 260 words signed 'Sincerely Yours Nath' Hawthorne'. Henry Arthur Bright (1830-1884) was an English merchant, antiquarian, renowned book collector, poet, critic, publisher and a close friend of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) first encountered Henry Arthur Bright as an English merchant based at Knotty Ash, Liverpool, when Bright, on a tour of America, met him in Concord by means of a letter of introduction made by Longfellow. So began a close friendship which was further enabled by Hawthorne's move to England in the following year, having been appointed US consul in Liverpool by President Franklin Pierce. Bright came from a notable and wealthy Liverpool family and was a partner in his father's shipping firm of Gibbs, Bright & Co. He was a literary enthusiast who wrote reviews for the Athenaeum and other periodicals on a regular basis, including of books associated and by Hawthorne. For Bright, the friendship provided intellectual stimulus, the two were known to spar, Hawthorne's wife said, 'Bright is one of Mr Hawthorne's enthusiastic lovers and they fight in love and honor all the time.' Bright meanwhile was able to provide Hawthorne with an entry into Liverpool society and introduced him to British countryside and towns; the two went on various expeditions together including a tour of North Wales. Hawthorne presented Bright with the full manuscript of 'The Marble Faun' and said of him, he 'was the illumination of my dusky little apartment, as often as he made his appearance there!' Bright said of Hawthorne, 'It is one of the best things in my life to have made a friend of you.' Hawthorne returned for the last time to the United States in 1860 already suffering from ill health, he was to die four years later. It is siaid that Bright was the first person to recognise Hawthorne's genius. Very good indeed.
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom