THE WRITINGS OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, [With Introductory Notes and Bibliographical notes by H.E. Scudder] and the General Introduction by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop [the author's daughter].

Hawthorne Nathaniel

Published by Boston and New York Houghton Mifflin and Company [and] The Riverside Press, Cambridge 1900

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22 volumes. The Autograph Edition, Designed by Bruce Rogers and Limited to 500 Signed and Numbered Copies of which this is No. 42. The Edition is signed by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop and the Clerk of the Houghton Mifflin Company. Illustrated throughout with plates by American artists. Each Frontispiece plate in two states, both coloured and uncoloured, and each signed by a different artist. Those signed include: Childe Hassam, Ross Turner, Jules Guerin, Howard Pyle, Jesse Willcox Smith, Eric Paper, F.T. Merrill and E.H. Garrett. Over 130 plates are included throughout the 22 volumes. Tall 8vo, very finely bound in especially handsome three-quarter rich dark-turquoise crushed levant morocco over marbled boards gilt, the spines very beautifully decorated with fine and elaborate panel designs gilt within the compartments between raised bands gilt stopped, lettered in gilt in two compartments, marbled endleaves to match, top edges gilt. A very beautiful and very handsome set, very fine and very well preserved and a very special survival thus. FIRST EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH EDITION OF THE WORKS OF ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST CELEBRATED AUTHORS. This is a beautifully produced, illustrated and bound set of Hawthorne s complete works. Salem s Nathaniel Hawthorne was from a prominent puritan family dating back before the time of the famous witch trials. He led a solitary life and was of rare sensitivity, thus he resisted the Transcendental movement favored by his contemporaries and developed a style of storytelling all his own. His extremely popular works of fiction, including such classics as THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES and THE SCARLET LETTER, are often called masterpieces of New England spiritual history. His shorter works, like Poe s but with more of a moral significance, helped to develop the short story into a distinctive American genre. Rose Hawthorne Lathrop was Rose was the daughter of Nathaniel and Sophia Hawthorne. This is a wonderful set, beautifully bound and autographed by as close a descendant of Hawthorne as is possible to find. Seller Inventory # 30341

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE WRITINGS OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, [With ...

Publisher: Boston and New York Houghton Mifflin and Company [and] The Riverside Press, Cambridge 1900

Binding: Hardcover

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition