HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. 1804-1864.
The Gentle Boy: a Thrice Told Tale. Boston: Weeks, 1839. Oblong 4to (245 x 320 mm).
20 pp. Engraved frontispiece after drawing by Sarah A. Peabody present in duplicate. Modern cloth with original printed wrappers bound in. Foxing, library marks to cloth.
Provenance: Susan Bailey (presentation inscription dated 1839).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE ILLUSTRATOR AND HAWTHORNE'S FIANCÉE. Sophia Peabody [1809-1871] was a Bostonian artist and transcendentalist whom Hawthorne married in 1842. BAL 7587.
20 pp. Engraved frontispiece after drawing by Sarah A. Peabody present in duplicate. Modern cloth with original printed wrappers bound in. Foxing, library marks to cloth.
Provenance: Susan Bailey (presentation inscription dated 1839).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE ILLUSTRATOR AND HAWTHORNE'S FIANCÉE. Sophia Peabody [1809-1871] was a Bostonian artist and transcendentalist whom Hawthorne married in 1842. BAL 7587.
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