Twice-Told Tales
by HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel
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- near fine
- Signed
- Condition
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About This Item
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1966. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Angelo, Valenti. Selected and Introduced by Wallace Stegner. Illustrated throughout in color by Valenti Angelo. 411 pages. Short thick 4to, pale blue cloth with red leather spine label (2 very small chips at left edge, otherwise fine), publisher's board slipcase. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1966. A near fine copy in a near fine slipcase.<br/> <br/> One of 1500 numbered copies, printed at the Stinehour Press, and signed by the illustrator.<br/> <br/>
Synopsis
Twice-Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a collection of short stories, most of which are infused with a very New England gothic tone. The first was published in the spring of 1837, and the second in 1842. The stories had all been previously published in magazines and annuals. The title, Twice-Told Tales , was drawn from William Shakespeare's The Life and Death of King John (Act 3, scene 4): "Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, / Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man." The piece is composed of sketches and tales, mostly allegories and moralistic fantasies including "The Gray Champion," "The Wedding Knell," "The Minister's Black Veil," "Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe," "Wakefield," "The Great Carbuncle," "The Prophetic Pictures," "The Hollow of the Three Hills," "Fancy's Show Box," and "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment."
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- Bookseller
- Argosy Book Store
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 225662
- Title
- Twice-Told Tales
- Author
- HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel
- Illustrator
- Angelo, Valenti
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - near fine
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- Limited
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- ANGELO,Valenti
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