Lot 71
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
£400
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 13 January 2016 at 11:00 GMT
Description
A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852. First edition, 8vo, wood-engraved frontispiece and 6 plates by Baker after Billings, three-unit ornament on spine, original purple cloth, bookplate, preserved in case and slipcase, lower cover nearly detached, restoration to spine (cloth slightly torn), further edge-wear; [Idem] Tanglewood Tales, for Girls and Boys; being a second Wonder-Book. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1853. First edition, 8vo, wood-engraved ornamental title page and 6 plates by Hammat Billings, first issue with Boston Stereotype Foundry imprint only on copyright page, inserted advertisements dated August 1853 (BAL state B), original purple cloth decorated in blind and lettered in gilt, preserved in case and matching slipcase, minor browning, spine slightly faded, neat repairs to spine, some further minor edge wear to binding; another copy, with 8pp. publisher's catalogue inserted at the beginning (in BAL's state B, with this work described as "Just out" and listed without a price), original blue cloth, envelope addressed to the publisher William Ticknor loosely inserted (? in Hawthorne's hand), preserved in blue chemise and matching quarter blue morocco slipcase, some very occasional spotting, minor edge-wear to binding, otherwise a fine copy; all from the collection of Stanley Seeger (3)
Footnote
Provenance: Tanglewood (blue cloth): Katharine de Berkeley Parsons, small armorial book-label; sale of her library, Sotheby's New York, 6 October 1976, lot 105
