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Our Old Home, inscribed by Pierce

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Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 112

Our Old Home, inscribed by Pierce

Schätzpreis
2.000 $ - 3.000 $
Zuschlagspreis:
n. a.
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Our Old Home, inscribed by Pierce
Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1863
HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (1804-1864). Our Old Home: A Series of English Sketches. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863.
A presentation copy of the first edition, first state, inscribed by Franklin Pierce: "For Mrs P.M. Lovejoy from her friend Franklin Pierce April 16, 1868." Hawthorne would dedicate Our Old Home to his lifelong friend Pierce: the printed dedication leaf reads, "To Franklin Pierce, as a slight memorial of a college friendship, prolonged through manhood, and retaining all its vitality in our autumnal years." BAL 7626 (first state with advert on p.399).
Octavo (183 x 110mm). Half-title, 1 p. of ads at rear. Original brown cloth (lightly rubbed, a little minor soiling); modern box.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 112
Auktion:
Datum:
15.06.2023
Auktionshaus:
Christie's
King Street, St. James's 8
London, SW1Y 6QT
Großbritannien und Nordirland
+44 (0)20 7839 9060
+44 (0)20 73892869
Beschreibung:

Details
Our Old Home, inscribed by Pierce
Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1863
HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (1804-1864). Our Old Home: A Series of English Sketches. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863.
A presentation copy of the first edition, first state, inscribed by Franklin Pierce: "For Mrs P.M. Lovejoy from her friend Franklin Pierce April 16, 1868." Hawthorne would dedicate Our Old Home to his lifelong friend Pierce: the printed dedication leaf reads, "To Franklin Pierce, as a slight memorial of a college friendship, prolonged through manhood, and retaining all its vitality in our autumnal years." BAL 7626 (first state with advert on p.399).
Octavo (183 x 110mm). Half-title, 1 p. of ads at rear. Original brown cloth (lightly rubbed, a little minor soiling); modern box.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 112
Auktion:
Datum:
15.06.2023
Auktionshaus:
Christie's
King Street, St. James's 8
London, SW1Y 6QT
Großbritannien und Nordirland
+44 (0)20 7839 9060
+44 (0)20 73892869
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