A Fine Run of The Token; A Christmas and New Year’s Present
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Stevenson, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Six volumes. Original embossed leather bindings. Some wear and foxing, but generally very good.
The Token was the longest-lived and greatest of the American literary annuals of the 1830s and 1840s. Publishers solicited stories and poems by the leading American authors and packaged them in fine bindings and engravings for the holiday market. Hawthone was among the most prolific contributors. These six volumes contains a total of 31 Hawthorne contributions as follows: 1831 (4 by Hawthorne), 1832 (6), 1833 (5), 1836 (3), 1837 (8), and 1838 (5).
Other contributors include Oliver Wendell Holmes, Lydia H. Sigourney, Hannah Gould,
Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Sarah J. Hale, and Sarah Helen Whitman.
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- Bookseller
- 19th Century Rare Book and Photograph Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42820769
- Title
- A Fine Run of The Token; A Christmas and New Year’s Present
- Author
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Gray and Bowen
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1831-38
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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