Nov 14, 2017 - Sale 2462

Sale 2462 - Lot 161

Price Realized: $ 1,105
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. The Scarlet Letter. Title printed in red and black. 8vo, early/mid 20th century full polished tan calf gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine tooled in gilt in compartments, morocco lettering pieces, rebacked with the original spine laid down, inner dentelles. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850

Additional Details

first edition, first printing in a fine binding (with "reduplicate" for "repudiate" on page 21), and 4-pages publisher's advertisements inserted at front, dated March 1, 1850. One of 2500 copies printed. BAL 7600; Grolier 90.