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HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (1804–1864). The House of the Seven Gables. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851. 8vo. 4 pp. publisher’s advertisements dated March 1851 inserted at front [BAL’s printing B, no priority]. Original publisher’s blind–embossed cloth [BAL’s binding B] (rebacked with original spine laid down, losses at extreme ends reinforced, boards lightly rubbed, lacking front free endpaper, marginal browning or staining throughout). FIRST EDITION of Hawthorne’s famed gothic novel that would later influence H.P. Lovecraft’s tales of a cursed New England. Probably a second printing without the battered type on p. 149 but with the ads dated March 1851 as seen in the first edition. BAL 7604; Clark A17.1.b. –– [Together with:] The Snow–Image and Other Twice–Told Tales. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852. 8vo. Original publisher’s blind–embossed cloth (ends chipped with losses, spine cocked, boards rubbed, joints starting, lacking ads). FIRST EDITION. BAL 7607.