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The Marble Faun, or, The Romance of Monte Beni
by HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Rocky River, Ohio, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860. First Edition, mixed state. Hardcover. Good. Octavo, 2 volumes, 283pp., 284pp. A good set in the publisher's brown cloth, stamped in blind. Both volumes very gently soiled, worn at the spine ends, and the signatures are a bit loose, but holding. Previous owner's inscription on a front free blank in vol. I. Spine of volume II cocked. Despite some mild age-toning and perhaps half a dozen stray pencil markings, internally a clean set. Rear free endpaper of vol. 1. seems to have been excised. Mixed issue, with the following issue points: In volume I: 16pp. of ads dated March 1860; Preface precedes Contents; This sentence appears on p. 225, line 22: "[...]a providence or purpose for Hilda, if on no other human creature.". In volume II: No conclusion chapter. Altogether a presentable set of an early state of this Hawthorne classic; in no way a fine example, but better than many copies in commerce.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cleveland Book Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2506
- Title
- The Marble Faun, or, The Romance of Monte Beni
- Author
- HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, mixed state
- Publisher
- Ticknor and Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1860
- Keywords
- The Scarlet Letter
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Cleveland Book Company
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About the Seller
Cleveland Book Company
Biblio member since 2017
Rocky River, Ohio
About Cleveland Book Company
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As a small, independent bookseller in Cleveland, Ohio, I deal in general used, rare, and antiquarian books, autographs, manuscripts, pamphlets, and personal and family papers in all subjects. My family has been in the antiquarian book business since 1971. Are you moving, downsizing, or doing some spring cleaning? Did you inherit or otherwise come into some old books? Or, maybe you've collected modern novels from the last thirty or fifty years. No matter what kinds of books you have, we'd love to take a look at them! We travel throughout Ohio, western Pennsylvania and New York, southern Michigan, and eastern Indiana, and will travel farther in some cases to look at whole libraries or even just a few particularly interesting books. Give us a call at (216) 352-3940 and we can talk more about the kinds of books you have.
As a small, independent bookseller in Cleveland, Ohio, I deal in general used, rare, and antiquarian books, autographs, manuscripts, pamphlets, and personal and family papers in all subjects. My family has been in the antiquarian book business since 1971. Are you moving, downsizing, or doing some spring cleaning? Did you inherit or otherwise come into some old books? Or, maybe you've collected modern novels from the last thirty or fifty years. No matter what kinds of books you have, we'd love to take a look at them! We travel throughout Ohio, western Pennsylvania and New York, southern Michigan, and eastern Indiana, and will travel farther in some cases to look at whole libraries or even just a few particularly interesting books. Give us a call at (216) 352-3940 and we can talk more about the kinds of books you have.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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