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Life of Franklin Pierce
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Original green cloth, gilt-lettered on spine. Slightly leaned, head of spine chipped, some foxing at beginning, heavier on the f
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1852. First edition, with the earliest ads and in BAL's earliest state of the binding. Frontispiece with tissue guard (foxed). 4 (ads), 144 pp. 12mo (18 x 11.3 cm). Original green cloth, gilt-lettered on spine. Slightly leaned, head of spine chipped, some foxing at beginning, heavier on the frontispiece. First edition, with the earliest ads and in BAL's earliest state of the binding. Frontispiece with tissue guard (foxed). 4 (ads), 144 pp. 12mo (18 x 11.3 cm). Hawthorne and Pierce were classmates and close friends at Bowdoin, and both were members of the progressive literary group, the Athenian Society. Hawthorne published this biography during Pierce's campaign for the presidency. BAL 7612; Clark A21.1.a
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 319248
- Title
- Life of Franklin Pierce
- Author
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Format/Binding
- Frontispiece with tissue guard (foxed). 4 (ads), 144 pp. 12mo (18 x 11.3 cm)
- Book Condition
- Used - Original green cloth, gilt-lettered on spine. Slightly leaned, head of spine chipped, some foxing at beginning, heavier on the f
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, with the earliest ads and in BAL's earliest state
- Publisher
- Ticknor and Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1852
- Keywords
- American | Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
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New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
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