MR HIGGINBOTHAM'S CATASTROPHE.
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in illustrated boards, in a somewhat chipped glassine wrapper and in the original black slipcase, which is splitting alon
- Seller
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Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston:: The Berkeley Printers,, 1931.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in illustrated boards, in a somewhat chipped glassine wrapper and in the original black slipcase, which is splitting along a couple of seams, has some rubbing to corners. . First edition. The first separate book publication of this short story, a mystery with a humorous twist, lighter in tone than much of Hawthorne's work, set in the Connecticut River valley; the text of this edition is taken from the first printing of this story in the New England Magazine for December, 1834. Illustrations by Walt Harris, including the endpapers and the front cover. Printed by the Berkeley Printers, Boston, in July, 1931. Five hundred and forty copies have been printed, of which five hundred are for sale. This copy is Number 18. 39 pp
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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31289
- Title
- MR HIGGINBOTHAM'S CATASTROPHE.
- Author
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in illustrated boards, in a somewhat chipped glassine wrapper and in the original black slipcase, which is splitting alon
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Berkeley Printers,
- Place of Publication
- Boston:
- Date Published
- 1931.
- Keywords
- classic, mystery, connecticut river valley,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Press or Limited edition books;
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- Fine
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