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Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1881. From "The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne. In Twelve Volumes. The American Note-Books." Green boards, gilt title, black endpapers. Copyright 1868 by Sophia Hawthorne. Vol. I: 231 pages; Vol. II: 237 pages. Boards lightly rubbed along edges and spine, light foxing on front and rear endpapers, else pages clean and binding firm. Overall, very good plus. (Appears unread - the bottom fore edge of pages 19 and 23 remain uncut.). Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No DJ. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Houghton, Osgood, and Company, Boston/The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1880. Acceptable. 228 p., immaculate and unmarked anywhere--not ex-lib., no former owner's name; engraving "The Apple Orchard" frontis., with tissue guard that is creased but untorn. However, rebinding is in order because both front and back gutters are cracked, the dark green boards with bright gilt lettering and ornamentation, blind stamped designs, is nonetheless badly abraded in spine, with lower portion stripped off.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Passages from the American notebooks of Nathaniel Hawthorne:Vol. I.

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Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Volume 2 only. First edition. Light shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, scattered foxing throughout, 19th century bookplate of a small Vermont town book club. First printing, same date. True first edition of the Note-Books which would be reprinted by Fields and Osgood and Houghton Mifflin. Quite scarce, virtually unobtainable in any way but 21st century reprints and POD editions. The WorldCat locates one copy, volume one of the Houghton Mifflin later edition none at all of volume two. Books and other items ship promptly with a tracking number and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!