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The Scarlet Letter (ca 1897)
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Condition: Fair (antique wear)
Binding: Hardcover decorative green cloth
Henry Altemus (Philadelphia), ca 1897 Uniform Style reprint of the second edition
A sweet antique copy of Hawthorne’s great American classic, with lovely handwriting in the inscription from Christmas 1897. Altemus published their Vademecum series in the 1890s, and this is most likely from 1897. Hawthorne’s Preface to the Second Edition is a great read - first written in Salem in 1850
Taxes included
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Condition: Fair (antique wear)
Binding: Hardcover decorative green cloth
Henry Altemus (Philadelphia), ca 1897 Uniform Style reprint of the second edition
A sweet antique copy of Hawthorne’s great American classic, with lovely handwriting in the inscription from Christmas 1897. Altemus published their Vademecum series in the 1890s, and this is most likely from 1897. Hawthorne’s Preface to the Second Edition is a great read - first written in Salem in 1850
Taxes included