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In original blindstamped cloth; wear and rubbing to extremities; corenrs lightly bumped; text browning, ink inscription dated 1889. Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall

8vo

First Edition thus. No DJ. Decorated Binding; design not attributed. Light soiling and wear to the covers, especially to the edges and spine. Some loss of color to the design and of the lettering. Age-related browning of the pages, especially the endpapers. Illustrated with drawings, engravings, and a frontispiece in color. Christmas gift inscription (dated 1899) on the FFEP; otherwise, unmarked pages. This work has been reissued many times in many formats, but nothing compares with owning a copy in an early original state. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Very Good

Copyright is 1840. 140 pages. Plum colored cloth covers with black and gold paste over top label. Covers are rubbed and show a little wear at corners. Paste over label is rubbed and a little chipped. Lettering on label is faded, though clear. There is a little wear to end leaves, and the blank rear end leaf has been removed. Light to sometimes moderate scattered foxing. Volume remains fairly tight, and is otherwise clean and clear and very legible text.

Second edition, first printing, BAL binding C. Revised and enlarged. Frontispiece, one full-page illustration in text. 139, [5 (ads)] pp. 1 vols. 12mo (15.5 x 9 cm). BAL 7593; Clark A6.2.a1 Original brown ribbed cloth, gilt vignette of chair at center of upper cover, board stamped in blind with a floral frame, spine titled in gilt, cream coated endpapers. Spine ends bumped. Near fine, bright copy Frontispiece, one full-page illustration in text. 139, [5 (ads)] pp. 1 vols. 12mo (15.5 x 9 cm) Second edition, first printing, BAL binding C. Revised and enlarged.

16mo. Pp. vii, [2], 10-140. Original pebble-grain green cloth with label mounted on front board. Remnant of old label on front pastedown; light foxing; edge-wear to cloth; label diminished. (Please see photos.) In slipcase of brown half-morocco over blue linen, gilt lettering and flourishes on spine, with raised bands. First edition of Hawthorne's collection. Clark writes that in 1842 "Hawthorne very slightly revised the first edition text and added five passages of new material." BAL, 7590, CLARK, A6.1.

A near fine copy with front label gilt bright (often found all or mostly faded, it is only slightly so here). In fine morocco slipcase. Child signature to front pastedown, with spot of bleed through to endpaper, foxing heavier at endpapers, light throughout, but overall remarkable copy with unworn cover and sharp corners, unusual for a children's book. In variant binding, not noted in Clark, slightly taller than the common size for all three titles in this series. Clark A61.

vii, [1 (blank)], 140 pp. 16mo. 5" x 3-3/8" General wear & soiling to binding. Spine sunned. Title label a bit faded. Some foxing to paper. Period pos to preliminary blank. Very Good. Original publisher's brown basket-weave cloth binding with black title label to front board

First edition. Original publisher's basket-weave plum cloth, cream endpapers. About near fine with some rubbing to cloth, spine lightly faded, slight wear to the spine ends, and a few minor stains to the rear board; internally, quite fresh with a contemporary gift inscription dated "April 22, 1841" to front endpaper. An attractive example, free of any repairs or restoration. Housed in a custom red morocco-backed slipcase with a folding red chemise.

Two volumes of children's stories on American history from the Puritans to the American Revolution, by the author of 'The Scarlet Letter' and 'The House of the Seven Gables'. 32mo, in original diced brown cloth with black paper label on front boards (blank). Housed in a sleeve in green gilt morocco box. Grandfather's Chair: 1st Edition, 16mo, vii, [1 (blank)], 140 pp. 16mo. 5 1/4" x 3-1/2". (BAL7590; Clark A6.1). Famous Old People: 1st Edition vii, [1 (blank)], 158, [2 (blank)] pp. 16mo, 3 3/8x5". (BAL7591; Clark A7.1). Overall, text is extremely clean. Covers of both volumes slt rubbed, corners rubbed on G.C.; 2 small marks on spine & traces of a glue repair at inner hinge of F.O.P, title labels very slt chipped at right edges. Very pleasant contemporary copies in a handsome dark green morocco spined slipcase.

First edition. viii, [i], [9]-140 pp. 12mo. The first of three titles in the Grandfather's Chair series for children. It was Elizabeth Palmer Peabody-the sister of Hawthorne's future wife, Sofia-who published these stories when the original publisher, Nahum Capen, withdrew. BAL 7590; Clark A6.1 Original bluish plum basket-weave embossed cloth, black paper label on front cover (gilt lettering oxidized to invisibility); green cloth chemise; green morocco pull of case by Bradstreet's (one joint split)

First edition. viii, [i], [9]-140 pp. 12mo. Peirce Family Copies. The first of three titles in the Grandfather's Chair series for children. It was Elizabeth Palmer Peabody-the sister of Hawthorne's future wife, Sofia-who published these stories when the original publisher, Nahum Capen, withdrew. BAL 7590; Clark A6.1 Original bluish plum basket-weave embossed cloth, black paper label on front cover (gilt lettering faded but readable); green cloth chemise; green morocco pull of case by Bradstreet's (one joint split). A near-fine copy with some light wear to binding, a few scattered foxmarks and several leaves with unobtrusive marginal soilmarks

All three of Hawthorne's Grandfather's Chair books for children, all first editions. The first volume very good, with 1841 gift inscription on blank page "Henry L. Abbot, from his Father, August 13, 1841." General Henry Larcom Abbot up to be a distinguished Civil War Brevet Major General. Below the 1841 inscription is a 1913 inscription by the general's daughter, Eleanor Abbot. Famous Old People with chipped label and wrinkle and water mark to cover, but internally quite nice. Liberty Tree - the scarcest of the three - with expert repair to cloth at front joint, and penciled 1841 inscription to front endpaper. A rare set, seldom found together.

First Edition and a true Hawthorne rarity. 12mo, publisher's original basket-weave grained plum cloth, the upper cover with black paper pastedown label gilt decorated and lettered. vii, 140pp. An especially well preserved copy, the text is near to pristine, the hinges are strong and tight, the cloth with only the most minor evidence of age to the extremities, and as is always the case the gilt on the paper label is dulled. FIRST EDITION OF THIS TRULY SCARCE ITEM IN THE HAWTHORNE OEUVRE. Also one of his earlier works, printed nine years prior to THE SCARLET LETTER and a decade prior to THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES. In these early days Hawthorne wrote primarily for children, for whom he was a wonderfully descriptive teller of tales. GRANDFATHER'S CHAIR retells real stories from America's early days by following the history of a chair brought to America from England in 1630 aboard the good ship 'Arbella'. The chair makes it way through the Colonial and revolutionary periods before finally being purchase by Grandfather at auction. Many famous and infamous people are met along the way. And have no doubt, George Washington sat here! This early Hawthorne rarity is typically found foxed and worn, this copy is exceptional in its fine condition.

First edition. viii, [i], [9]-140 pp. 12mo. Peirce Family Copies. [Boxed with:] HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. Famous Old People: Being the Second Epoch of Grandfather's Chair. vii, [i], [9]-158 pp. Boston: E.P. Peabody, 1841. Publisher's light brown cloth, printed black title label on front cover (gilt titling mostly worn away). A few stains to covers, overopened at title-page, foxing rear endpapers removed. Bookplate of Agnes Neustadt. BAL 7591; Clark A7.1. Both volumes with contemporary gift inscriptions to James Mills Peirce (1834-1906), later a mathematician who, like his father Benjamin Peirce, taught at Harvard. The elder Peirce inscribed Grandfather's Chair to his son; while James later gave Famous Old People to his younger brother Charles: "Master Charles Peirce from his brother." This is of course Charles Peirce (1839-1914), the philosopher, logician, and founder of pragmatism. BAL 7590; Clark A6.1 Publisher's blue-gray cloth, printed black title label on front cover (gilt titling mostly worn away). Tear to cloth at head of spine, rear free endpaper removed. Peirce family biographical material tipped in at front. Bookplate of Agnes Neustadt. In a custom blue morocco pull-off box by Stikemen