1885 Set of Works by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Item Details
A set of works by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This set includes eleven volumes, featuring titles Passages from the American Note-Books, Twice Told Tales, The Marble Faun, Mosses from an Old Manse, and more. The books were published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company of Boston in 1885. Each book is presented with half leather binding, showing marble patterned boards and gilt lettering to the spine.
| Binding | Leather with marblepaper on board |
| Number of Books | 13 |
Condition
- some covers loose and partially separated from binding; damage to caps, tails, and spines; edge wear; faded gilt lettering; red rot; cracking and scratches; worn boards; loose and broken hinges; shaken spines; some bowing; some volumes show burn markings to binding; page toning; some fading to text; some loose and ripped pages.
Dimensions
- measured as a whole
- each book measures approximately 5.5" W x 1.5" H x 8.0" D
Item #
17LAX261-368
