Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2621BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 18, 2012 11:00AM
Description:
Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864) The Scarlet Letter, a Romance. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850.
Octavo, first edition, first issue, with the word "reduplicate" on page 21, and four pages of ads; small mark on the title and three spots in the text, contents otherwise good; modern scarlet morocco, a.e.g., inner gilt dentelles and spine, very good; BAL 7600; 4 1/2 x 7 in.
Estimate $1,000-1,500