HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. The House of the Seven Gables. 8vo, original blindstamped brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, tips frayed, scattered soiling, extremities rubbed; bookplate; publisher's ads, dated May, 1851, inserted at front. first edition. Second printing with perfect type at page 50, line 25 and page 278, line 25, and reset type at page 149, lines 1-3. BAL 7604. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851