Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. First edition, second state, with page 399 blank. 400, 22 pp. publisher's catalogue. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown cloth. Minor wear to spine ends and corners, else about fine. with the contemporary booklabel of Hensdill Brothers Booksellers Grand Rapids, (Mich.) on front pastedown. First edition, second state, with page 399 blank. 400, 22 pp. publisher's catalogue. 1 vols. 8vo. Essays on his "Consular Duties", 'some of the Haunts of Burns", etc. Dedicated to Franklin Pierce. BAL 7626

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Bookseller: The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 59633
Title: Our Old Home: A Series of English Sketches
Author: Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Format/Binding: 400, 22 pp. publisher's catalogue. 1 vols. 8vo
Book Condition: Used - Brown cloth. Minor wear to spine ends and corners, else about fine. with the contemporary booklabel of Hensdill Brothers Booksel
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition, second state, with page 399 blank
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ticknor and Fields
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1863
Keywords: American | Nathaniel Hawthorne

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