Biographical Stories for Children

first edition 161 pp. 1 vols. 12mo (14.5 x 9 cm)

1842 · Boston

by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Boston: Tappan and Dennet, 1842. First edition, first printing, first issue. 161 pp. 1 vols. 12mo (14.5 x 9 cm). Disbound, with remains of a calf spine. A few small marginal stains, generally fine. First edition, first printing, first issue. 161 pp. 1 vols. 12mo (14.5 x 9 cm). “One of the unobtainables. Chamberlain's brought twice as much as his Scarlet Letter” (Carroll Wilson).
A rare Hawthorne juvenile work, framed around a blind father telling his son stories about the boyhood lives of Benjamin West, Sir Isaac Newton, Samuel Johnson, Oliver Cromwell, Benjamin Franklin, and Queen Christina. BAL 7595; Clark A9.1.a1; Wilson I:134 (Inventory #: 319243)
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