Price: $350

[Salem, Mass: Charles W. Swasey], 1860. This is a newspaper published for the Essex Institute Fair in eight parts. Parts 2 and 3 (at pp. 14 and 28) contain a two-part letter from Hawthorne, addressed to “My Dear Cousin” and dated August 28, 1860. In it, Hawthorne explains that, while.....  Read More Item Details for The Weal-Reaf. A Record of the Essex Institute Fair, held at Salem, Sept. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, with Two Supplementary Numbers, Sept. 10, 11 Add to Wish List

Item #9485

Price: $2,500

Boston: Ticknbor, Reed, and Fields, 1852. First Edition, First Issue with no ads. Read More Item Details for A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys Add to Wish List

Item #338393

Price: $200

Boston: James R. Osgood, 1883. Hawthorne wrote Doctor Grimshawes Secret in 1861, but he never considered the work finished and did not publish it in his lifetime. His son Julian published it in 1883, It has more autobiographical material than any other work including the character Dr. Grimshawe based on his.....  Read More Item Details for Doctor Grimshawe's Secret. Edited, with Preface and Notes by Julian Hawthorne Add to Wish List

Item #321165

Price: $850

New York & London: Wiley and Putnam, 1845. FIRST EDITION, BAL's Printing A (the title with 4-line copyright and a cancel), wrapper 1 (three works listed under Wiley and Putnam's Library of American Books: including Poe's Tales). Bridge and Hawthorne were classmates at Bowdoin and became lifelong friends, with Bridge.....  Read More Item Details for Journal of An African Cruiser. By an officer of the U. S. Navy Add to Wish List

Item #319256

Price: $300

Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851. First edition, only printing, BAL's first impression, which Clark calls "probable second state" of the preface. Collects Grandfather's Chair, Famous Old People, Liberty Tree, and Biographical Stories. Read More Item Details for True Stories from History and Biography Add to Wish List

Item #319245

Price: $2,500

Boston: E. P. Peabody, 1841. First edition. The second title in Hawthorne's Grandfather's Chair series for children: stories on American history from the Puritans to the American Revolution. Apparently a variant binding, as BAL and Clark both describe the basket weave embossing on slate cloth, and all copies as having.....  Read More Item Details for Famous Old People: Being the Second Epoch of Grandfather's Chair Add to Wish List

Item #319240

Price: $300

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860. First American Edition. First edition, First issue, with preface preceding contents, and with on instead of for on p. 225 line 22, with ads dated March in vol. I, but without "Conclusion" in vol. II. Read More Item Details for The Marble Faun: or, The Romance of Monte Beni Add to Wish List

Item #313561

Price: $2,500

Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1852. First edition, first issue with no ads. A lovely copy of Hawthorne's most famous children's book, with "The Gorgon's Head," "Three Golden Apples," etc. Read More Item Details for A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys Add to Wish List

Item #311145

Price: $200

Boston: James R. Osgood, 1883. First edition of this posthumously published novel, edited by Hawthrone's son. Read More Item Details for Doctor Grimshawe's Secret. Edited, with Preface and Notes by Julian Hawthorne Add to Wish List

Item #306950

Price: $150

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1870. Read More Item Details for Passages from the English Note-Book Add to Wish List

Item #306944

Price: $250

Boston: James R. Osgood, 1876. Second Edition, first printing. Read More Item Details for Fanshawe, and Other Pieces Add to Wish List

Item #306923

Price: $500

Boston: James R. Osgood, 1883. First edition, Large Paper copy, no. 109 of 250 copies. Read More Item Details for Doctor Grimshawe's Secret. A Romance. Edited, with Preface and Notes by Julian Hawthorne] Add to Wish List

Item #306832

Price: $2,000

Boston: Ticknbor, Reed, and Fields, 1852. First Edition, Second Issue. Read More Item Details for A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys Add to Wish List

Item #306830