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The House of the Seven Gables; by Nathaniel Hawthorne; Illustrated by Maude and Genevieve Cowles -- 2 volumes
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel; Cowles, Maude; Cowles, Genevieve
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin & Co, 1899. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes: ix, [5], 265, [1] p., frontispiece and 9 leaves of plates; [6], 277, [1] p., frontispiece and 9 leaves of plates; 22 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt spine titles and decorations, and gilt cover titles. Top page edges gilt. This is no. 193 of a limited edition of 250 copies. Title pages and half titles printed in red and green. "Large-Paper Edition." The plates and headpieces are by Maude Alice Cowles (1871-1905) and Genevieve Alameda Cowles (1871-1950), sisters and members of the Art Workers' Club for Women in New York City. Bookplate on each front fixed endpaper of Elisabetha C. Orth. Name of former owner Rudolf L. D. Orth written on each half title page; "Orth" and "R. Orth" written in lower margins of several pages; address in Flushing, N.Y., written on back fixed endpaper of vol. 1. A scarce set. A heavy set; for international shipping, the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority/expedited shipping. In Very Good Condition: edges are lightly rubbed; vol. 1 lacking front free endpaper; clean and tight.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010306
- Title
- The House of the Seven Gables; by Nathaniel Hawthorne; Illustrated by Maude and Genevieve Cowles -- 2 volumes
- Author
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel; Cowles, Maude; Cowles, Genevieve
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1899
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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