May 15, 2018 - Sale 2478

Sale 2478 - Lot 175

Unsold
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. Tanglewood Tales, for Girls and Boys; Being a Second Wonder-Book. Wood-engraved ornamental title page and 6 plates by Hammatt Billings. 8vo, original green cloth decorated in blind on covers and gilt on the spine, spine faded with head and foot frayed, corners bumped; scattered minor foxing to contents. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1853
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first edition, early issue with imprint of Boston Stereotype Foundry only on copyright page, 8 pp. publisher's catalogue inserted at the beginning, Blanck's state B, with this work described as "Just out" and listed without a price. BAL 7614; Peter Parley to Penrod p. 10; Grolier American 44.