HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. The House of the Seven Gables. 8vo, original blindstamped brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, spine tips and joints repaired; Howard Pyle pictorial bookplate on front pastedown, contemporary ownership signature to first blank; cloth chemise and 1/4 morocco slipcase. 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; and later publisher's ads dated October, 1851, inserted at front. BAL 7604. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851