1882-99 12vols The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne Twice Told Tales Wonder Book

Description: Click here to see our other books! The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne 1882-1899 Houghton, Mifflin and Company : London 7.5" by 5" vi, 600pp; 588pp; 619pp; 637pp; 458pp; vi, 569pp; 659pp; xiii, 368pp; 521pp; 538pp; 527pp; 574pp SUMMARY Twelve volumes of The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Decorative Binding,Illustrated,Leather Binding Overall Condition: Very Good This book weighs 10 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 4.49 US Postage: £ 68.99 EU Postage: £ 36.99 European Postage: £ 65.99 Asia Postage: £ 12999.00 Worldwide Postage: £ 229.99 DESCRIPTION Originally published individually with different dates to copyright pages, this previous owner has collected twelve of the thirteen volumes. I The Scarlet Letter and The Blithedale Romance II Our Old Home and English Notebooks IIII Our Old Home and English Notebooks IIIV A Wonder-Book, Tanglewood Tales and Grandfather's ChairV American NotebooksVI Tales, Sketches and Other Papers. With a Biographical Sketch by George Parsons LathropVII Mosses From an Old Manse VIII Doctor Grimshawe's SecretIX The Dolliver Romance, Danshawe, Septimus Felton, With an Appendic Containing The Anestral FootstepX Twice Told TalesXI The Marble FaunXI French and Italian Notebooks Collated, appears to be lacking The House of Seven Gables and The Snow Image. With an illustrated frontispiece to each volume and an additional two facsimile plates to the start of Dr Grimshawe's Secret.Nathaniel Hawthorne was an Amerian novelist, Dark Romantic, and short story writer. Much of his writing centres on New England, with many featuring moral allegories with Puritan inspiration. His fictional writings are in the Romantic canon, more specifically, Dark Romanticism. CONDITION In uniformly bound half morocco with marbled paper covered boards. Gilt stamped detailing to spines with the top edge gilted also. Externally, smart with rubbing to the spines and joints, particularly to the head and tail. Minor losses to the head of volumes XII, XI, I and VI. Small loss to volume V and the head of the front joint. Volumes II and IV have very minor losses to the head and tail of spines. Volumes X and XI are particularly rubbed to spines. Volume XII has a small loss to the top raised band. Front hinge to volume VI is slightly strained but firm with the endpapers separating from textblock, though still bound to front pastedown. Prior owner's bookplate to front pastedown, D M Coffin. Internally, all volumes are firmly bound. Pages are very bright with instances of scattered spots throughout. Overall Condition: Very Good GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques

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