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185233086Boston: Ticknor Reed and Fields 1852. First American edition first issue binding A earliest dated ads April. 8vo in the original Ticknor style A brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine and with all-over decorative work in blind on the covers. 288 4 ads. bound at the front pp. An especially fresh and bright copy the text-block very clean and fresh the binding tight and strong the gilt work unusually well preserved. A lovely copy. FIRST EDITION AND FIRST ISSUE and a very scarce Hawthorne title in such fine condition. An uncommonly bright and fresh copy.<br> Hawthorne's "romance' was based on Brook Farm a community farm near Boston. It examines what progress if any has been made to the human animal. Blithedale like Brook Farm was a would-be modern Arcadia along the lines of the anti-capitalist ideals of Charles Fourier but in spite of the lofty ideals falls prey to the self-interested behavior of its members. Though this concept for a work of fiction may sound a bit heady Henry James called it "the lightest the brightest the liveliest" of Hawthorne's "fictions." Hawthorne’s claim that the characters of the novel are “entirely fictitious†has been widely questioned and many suggest that Bronson Alcott Emerson Horace Mann Margaret Fuller and Hawthorne himself can all be found in this novel. Ticknor, Reed and Fields hardcover
188324067Edinburgh and London: William Patterson 1883-1885. Bound as 6 volumes. A nice uniform set from Patterson’s Library of New England Novels. Each title-page for the various sections has a small bust portrait of Hawthorne within an engraved oval frame. 8vo presented in handsome contemporary bindings of three-quarter sea-blue morocco over marbled boards the spines with simple raised bands ruled in blind four of the compartments with small gilt floral tool in the centers two with gilt lettering marbled endpapers t.e.g. A very handsome set well preserved the contemporary morocco in very well preserved with only a bit of light mellowing to the extremities the text-blocks clean and fresh no foxing all very sound and solid. A VERY PLEASING COLLECTION OF HAWTHORNE'S MOST IMPORTANT WRITINGS. This set of Hawthorne’s greatest works is composed of printings from Patterson’s uniform “Library†editions all very nicely bound. The dates of these printings coincide with Houghton’s edition of Complete Works printed in Boston of which there was no British counterpart. William Patterson hardcover
184132526Boston: E. P. Peabody 1841. First Edition and a true Hawthorne rarity. 12mo publisher's original basket-weave grained plum cloth the upper cover with black paper pastedown label gilt decorated and lettered. vii 140pp. An especially well preserved copy the text is near to pristine the hinges are strong and tight the cloth with only the most minor evidence of age to the extremities and as is always the case the gilt on the paper label is dulled. FIRST EDITION OF THIS TRULY SCARCE ITEM IN THE HAWTHORNE OEUVRE. Also one of his earlier works printed nine years prior to THE SCARLET LETTER and a decade prior to THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES. In these early days Hawthorne wrote primarily for children for whom he was a wonderfully descriptive teller of tales.<br> GRANDFATHER'S CHAIR retells real stories from America's early days by following the history of a chair brought to America from England in 1630 aboard the good ship 'Arbella'. The chair makes it way through the Colonial and revolutionary periods before finally being purchase by Grandfather at auction. Many famous and infamous people are met along the way. And have no doubt George Washington sat here!<br> This early Hawthorne rarity is typically found foxed and worn this copy is exceptional in its fine condition. E. P. Peabody hardcover
184633085New York: Wiley and Putnam 1846. 2 volumes bound into one. First Edition of each book First Printing with “R. Craighead’s Power Press†and "T. B. Smith imprints on the verso of both title-pages and all first issue points as called for by Clark. 8vo very handsomely bound in three-quarter scarlet morocco over red cloth-covered boards gilt trimmed on the cornerpieces and backstrip the spine with handsome ornately gilt decorated compartments between gilt stippled raised bands gilt lettering in two gilt framed compartments and additional lettering at the tail t.e.g. PUBLISHER'S RARE ORIGINAL DARK GREEN CLOTH preserved and bound in the rear rear of the volume. i-vi 1-207; i-vi 1-211 pp. A very clean and handsome copy beautifully preserved the text-block unusually clean and the binding bright tight and strong. FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING OF THIS EARLY AND QUITE SCARCE HAWTHORNE TITLE RARELY ENCOUNTERED IN FULL FIRST STATE FORMAT. Hawthorne spent three years in the Old Manse in Concord. The Old Manse is a historic manse famous for its American literary associations. It is now owned and operated as a nonprofit museum by the Trustees of Reservations. In 1842 the American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne rented the Old Manse for $100 a year. He moved in with his wife transcendentalist Sophia Peabody. Prior to their arrival at the Manse Henry David Thoreau created a vegetable garden for the couple. The Hawthornes lived in the house for three years. Previously the manse had been home to Ralph Waldo Emerson.<br> MOSSES FROM AN OLD MANSE is the best and most important of the three literary collections Hawthorne published during his lifetime. Many of the tales are allegories and as in much of Hawthorne's best works focus on the negative side of human nature. Herman Melville a close friend of Hawthorne noted this aspect in his review of it-- "This black conceit pervades him through and through. You may be witched by his sunlight—transported by the bright gildings in the skies he builds over you; but there is the blackness of darkness beyond; and even his bright gildings but fringe and play upon the edges of thunder-clouds. Wiley and Putnam hardcover
185033091Boston: Ticknor Reed and Fields 1850. First Edition First Issue with ads dated March 1. 1850 no preface and all first edition points noted by Clark including 'reduplicate for 'repudiate' on page 21. Title-page printed in red and black. 8vo a rare survival in the publisher’s original Ticknor Style A brown textured cloth the covers decorated in blind the spine printed in gilt. Now protected and housed in a folding box of brown cloth covered boards lined with marbled paper the back with brown leather label lettered and ruled in gilt. iv 322 pp. A beautifully preserved copy and a remarkably fine example of what is arguably the author's most important and most revered work as well as a landmark of American literature. The text very clean and fresh completely free of foxing or stains looking to be near as pristine the binding sturdy and strong the hinges fine and firm the cloth rich and unfaded with bright gilt trivial rubbing to the tips and edges. FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING AND VERY RARE IN SUCH FINE CONDITION. IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH THIS IS CORNERSTONE WORK IN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND A LANDMARK WORK OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. An American Renaissance masterpiece and surely one of the most important works in the oeuvre of colonial America. More than any other work of literature Hawthorne’s SCARLET LETTER set the stage for an understanding of the puritan mind and beginnings of the American social system.<br> The first printing of THE SCARLET LETTER consisted of only 2500 copies and sold out within days. It is said when Hawthorne delivered the final pages to Ticknor Reed and Fields he doubted it would be popular but THE SCARLET LETTER ushered in the most lucrative period of his long career. The public's positive response was enormous but the book was not without its critics. The publication brought protest from natives of Salem who did not like how Hawthorne depicted their Puritan ancestors. Religious leaders also took issue with the novel's subject and the 'Church Review' offered that the novel "perpetrates bad morals."<br> Reviewers from the next generation proved more tolerant. Author D. H. Lawrence argued that there could not be a more perfect work of the American imagination than The Scarlet Letter. Henry James said of the novel; "It is beautiful admirable extraordinary; it has in the highest degree that merit which I have spoken of as the mark of Hawthorne's best things—an indefinable purity and lightness of conception. One can often return to it; it supports familiarity and has the inexhaustible charm and mystery of great works of art. Ticknor, Reed and Fields hardcover
