HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel.
Twice-Told Tales.
"Pleasant is a rainy winter's day, within doors! The best study for such a day, or the best amusement, - call it which you will, - is a book...": The Heritage Press Edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Twice-Told Tales
New York: The Heritage Press, 1966.
$450.00
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Item Number: RRB-148795
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The Heritage Press edition of Hawthorne’s first major collection of short fiction. Royal octavo, bound in three-quarters morocco by Morrell with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, title page vignette, with color illustrations. In fine condition. Selected and introduced by Wallace Stegner. Illustrated by Valenti Angelo. Angelo was an Italian-American illustrator and printmaker whose refined hand-illumination, woodcuts, and typographic sensibilities contributed significantly to the private press movement in early 20th-century American book arts. He decorated and illustrated roughly 250 books in a 34 year period, including collaborations with the Grabhorn Press and the Limited Editions Club.
Twice-Told Tales.
$450.00
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