Transformation or The Romance Of Monte Beni

Leipzig: Bernard Tauchnitz. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1860. Hardcover. 60 mounted albumen photographs; xii, 292; xi, 280 & [1] pages; Two volumes bound in one. Contemporary full vellum, with elaborate gilt-stamped decorations, title stamped in gilt: "THE MARBLE FAUN" (using the American title of Hawthorne's novel, rather than the British title "Transformation" … Read more about this item

Leipzig: Bernard Tauchnitz, 1860. Vellum. Very Good. 6.5" by 4.5". None. A Tauchnitz edition of this major Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne, in a lovely vellum binding. The two volumes bound as one. Transformation, Or The Romance of Monte Bene was the last of the four major romances by Hawthorne. It is set in a… Read more about this item

George Bell & Sons, 1906. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1906. No Edition Remarks. 374 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Moderate tanning to pages with slight dog-eared pages throughout and heavier tanning to text block edges. There is cracks to guttering with exposed netting and book is shaky. Boards have minor rubbing and mild bumping to corners. Fair crushing to… Read more about this item

Smith, Elder & Co, 1876. a new edition.. Hardback. Decorated cloth, VG. xii+400pp+4pp publishers adverts, b/w frontis, 3 b/w plates, cloth faded, a nice copy. The last novel completed by Hawthorne [ 1804 - 1864 ] before his death, a melodramatic affair combining elements of the gothic, fabulous & philosophic. The novel is set in Italy.

Smith Elder & Co., London, 1861. good+ condition in 1/2 leather & marbled boards (top 3/4 inch on the spine has semi loose leather & a gray spot on the spine bottom).