ID 967584
Lot 112 | Our Old Home, inscribed by Pierce
Valeur estimée
$ 2 000 – 3 000
Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1863
HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (1804-1864). Our Old Home: A Series of English Sketches. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863.
A presentation copy of the first edition, first state, inscribed by Franklin Pierce: "For Mrs P.M. Lovejoy from her friend Franklin Pierce April 16, 1868." Hawthorne would dedicate Our Old Home to his lifelong friend Pierce: the printed dedication leaf reads, "To Franklin Pierce, as a slight memorial of a college friendship, prolonged through manhood, and retaining all its vitality in our autumnal years." BAL 7626 (first state with advert on p.399).
Octavo (183 x 110mm). Half-title, 1 p. of ads at rear. Original brown cloth (lightly rubbed, a little minor soiling); modern box.
| Artiste: | Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864) |
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| Artiste: | Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864) |
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