THE SNOW-IMAGE AND OTHER TWICE-TOLD TALES

Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1852

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Details

Year of publication

1852

Place of printing

Boston

Author

Hawthorne

Publishers

Ticknor, Reed and Fields

Edition

FIRST EDITION of this collection of tales and stories, some

First edition

Yes

Description

First edition, first printing and with the earliest state (January, 1852) of the publisher's ad catalogue. 8vo, publisher's original Ticknor ribbed brown cloth, style A with the covers stamped in blind, the spine lettered in gold and stamped in blind. yellow coated endpapers, the ad catalogue inserted in the front. 4 ads., 273 pp. A tight, strong and clean copy, the text unusually fresh with only minor age mellowing evident, the cloth is unfaded with strong gilt, there is some wear at the corners and spine tips, still, a much nicer copy than is typically seen.