HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL – FINE BINDING SET – $1,000

The Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne. 22-Volume set known as the Old Manse Edition, with “Portraits, Illustrations and Facsimiles”. Boston and New York: The Riverside Press, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1900. Issued by the original publisher of Hawthorne’s works beginning with The Scarlet Letter in 1850, this set is considered the definitive edition of Hawthorne’s works. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers.