ID 967503
Lot 303 | The Celestial Railroad
Estimate value
$ 2 000 – 3 000
The first appearance of the allegorical tale The Celestial Railroad and five other stories, in a fine run of the Democratic Review, in original wrappers. The other works seeing print for the first time include: "The New Adam and Eve"; "Egotism; or, The Bosom Serpent, from the Unpublished 'Allegories of the Heart'"; "The Procession of Life"; and "Buds and Bird-Voices." "The Celestial Railroad" appears in the May 1843 issue. These issues of the Democratic Review also publish works by Lowell, Whittier, Bryant, Thoreau, and others. "The Celestial Railroad" would be collected in Mosses from an old Manse in 1846. Clark D47, D49, D52, D53, and D55.
12 volumes, quarto (230 x 145mm). Frontispieces (some browning internally). Original printed wrappers (some general wear and flaking to backstrips, some volumes more browned than others, occasional soiling, one or two covers detached); modern box. Provenance: R. Williams (ownership inscription).
| Artist: | Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864) |
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| Place of origin: | USA |
| Auction house category: | Printed books |
| Artist: | Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864) |
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| Place of origin: | USA |
| Auction house category: | Printed books |
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