MOSSES FROM AN OLD MANSE

Wiley and Putnam, 1846

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Year of publication

1846

Place of printing

New York

Author

Hawthorne

Publishers

Wiley and Putnam

Edition

FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING OF THIS EARLY AND QUITE SCARCE

First edition

Yes

Description

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.