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Doctor Grimshawe's secret : a romance / by Nathaniel Hawthorne ; edited, with preface and notes by Julian Hawthorne
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864) [Winter, Milo, 1888-1956]
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About This Item
Boston : James R. Osgood, 1883. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original pictorial cloth. Rebacked with the original spine laid back. Spine cover tanned. Panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed. Bumped corners. New endpapers. Light tanning around page margins. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 368 pages; One of the three unfinished romances that were not published until after the death of Nathaniel Hawthorne. xiii, 368p., ilus., facsims.; 20cm. Genre: American literature -- Fiction -- Romance -- 19th century -- United States. Notes: 1st trade edition : Blanck - Bibliography of American Literature #7642, 'trade edition'.
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- Title
- Doctor Grimshawe's secret : a romance / by Nathaniel Hawthorne ; edited, with preface and notes by Julian Hawthorne
- Author
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864) [Winter, Milo, 1888-1956]
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- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston : James R. Osgood
- Date Published
- 1883
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