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HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (1804-1864). The Scarlet Letter. A Romance. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850.
8vo. 4pp. publisher’s ads, title–page printed in red and black. Full blue calf with single gilt frame, spine in 5 compartments with raised bands, red and light blue leather lettering-pieces gilt in four, top edge gilt, dentelles (spine gently sunned, some light rubbing to joints and fore-corners); original cloth bound in at end.
FIRST EDITION with publisher’s ads dated 1 March 1850. Hawthorne’s work was an immediate success, selling 2,500 copies in its first week of publication, giving Hawthorne his first literary success. BAL 7600; Clark A16.1; Grolier American 59.