Text in unusually nice condition, unrestored original cloth bright and beautiful. First issue, with page ix of Volume I signed “1*” and the catalogue dated “February, 1860 ” page 197 of Volume II signed “4*.” Clark 23.3a. Preceded by the first English edition, although Blanck notes that “The Boston and the London publishers attempted to publish simultaneously, Ticknor & Fields setting their edition from advance sheets of the London edition… Contemporary notices indicate that the London edition was issued prior to the Boston edition but simultaneous publication may have occurred.” With 16-page publisher’s catalogue bound at rear of Volume I. After resigning his post he traveled to Rome, and his experiences there served as the inspiration for The Marble Faun, published in England as The Transformation or, The Romance of Monte Beni. Hawthorne, “long recognized as one of the greatest of American writers,” first journeyed to Europe in 1853 as American Consul in Liverpool (Drabble, 443). Small octavo, original blind-stamped brown cloth.įirst American edition, first issue, of Hawthorne’s last major work of fiction, intended to be published simultaneously with the London first. The Marble Faun: or, the Romance of Monte Beni. SPLENDID FIRST ISSUE OF HAWTHORNE’S THE MARBLE FAUN
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