A Smalll Pair of 1865 Hawthorne 'Twice Told Tales' Books

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Here's a lovely, antique pair of Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Twice Told Tales. books, complete in Two Volumes. The small Pocket Editions, … Read more Here's a lovely, antique pair of Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Twice Told Tales. books, complete in Two Volumes. The small Pocket Editions, popular in the mid-19th Century, especially for travelers, are in very good antique condition. Measuring just 3.5" x 5.5'" each, the blind-stamped blue covers are titled & decorated in gold. on their spines. Vol. 1 includes a lovely etching of Hawthorne at frontis, but it has been damaged by a damp stain to the first few blank pages of the book, including the portrait. The rest of the 392, gold-edge-stained pages are clean, bright, unmarked and undamaged by the up front, damp stain. (just very light random age spots). The 2nd volume twins the first cover, but in somewhat better shelf-wear condition. Inside, it is in remarkable clean,bright and unmarked condition (very few random, light age spotting). . It never included the portrait of Hawthorne. It runs 428-gold-stain-edged pages. Both volumes were published in 1865 by Ticknor and Fields.(faded Hollywood prop house stamps inside front & back covers). The 161-year-old books are fine examples of "Pocket-size" or Sextodecimo books that fell. out of favor., and much smaller than the modern paperbacks of the 20th Century. Hawthorne and mid-19thC collectors, here is a set of books for you. They will be sent, carefully packed, boxed, with tracking. See less