Accession number
PML 16681
Creator
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864.
Published
Boston : Marsh & Capen : Press of Putnam and Hunt, 1828.
Credit line
Purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
Notes
"This was Hawthorne's first published work, and was issued anonymously. Later, all the copies that could be obtained were destroyed. A dozen years after his death a copy was found, and the tale reissued by James R. Osgood & Co." (Cf. Browne, N.E., cited below.)
First edition of Hawthorne's first published work. (Cf. BAL, cited below)
First edition of Hawthorne's first published work. (Cf. BAL, cited below)
Description
[1], 141, [5] p. ; 19.5 cm
Provenance
Signature of Mrs. Caroline C. Jones on flyleaf; Irwin collection.
Binding
Publisher's brown paper boards, purple muslin shelfback, with buff-coated paper label in spine; in brown calf solander case.
Classification
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