Jun 19, 2014 - Sale 2355

Sale 2355 - Lot 7

Price Realized: $ 625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(BINDING.) Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter. Title and additional title in red and black. Illustrated with 15 plates in two states by A. Robaudi and C. Graham. Large 8vo, contemporary full tan morocco, bordered in gilt around decorative gilt floral sprays, burgundy morocco onlay inter-border, spine tooled and lettered in gilt with matching morocco onlays, in 6 compartments, top edges gilt, light rubbing to spine and raised bands; wide gilt turn-ins, tan silk doublures and endpapers, by Zaehnsdorf; cloth slipcase, defective. limited edition. one of 125 copies, printed on Japanese imperial paper, (plus one copy on vellum). "Unique Edition." New York: Privately Printed, 1904