HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel; Carl Strauss [Illustrator].
The Marble Faun: or, the Romance of Monte Beni.
The Limited Editions Club Edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Marble Faun; Signed by illustrator Carl Strauss
Zurich: Fretz Brothers, 1931.
$750.00
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Item Number: RRB-148391
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The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Hawthorne’s last major work of fiction. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full modern morocco with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, color illustrations throughout. Signed by illustrator Carl Strauss on the colophon page to the rear of volume two. One of 1,500 numbered copies, this is 932. In fine condition. Introduction by Herbert Gorman. Illustrations by Carl Strauss.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, “long recognized as one of the greatest of American writers,” first journeyed to Europe in 1853 as American Consul in Liverpool (Drabble, 443). After resigning his post he traveled to Rome, and his experiences there served as the inspiration for The Marble Faun, published in England as The Transformation; or, The Romance of Monte Beni. Preceded by the first English edition, although Blanck notes that “The Boston and the London publishers attempted to publish simultaneously, Ticknor & Fields setting their edition from advance sheets of the London edition… Contemporary notices indicate that the London edition was issued prior to the Boston edition but simultaneous publication may have occurred.”
The Marble Faun: or, the Romance of Monte Beni.
$750.00
In Stock