CEDRIC CHIVERS OF BATH, binder. HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. The Scarlet Letter. New York, 1904. 15 plates in 2 states, colored and uncolored. Large 8vo, tan calf, gilt-ruled, center device comprising "Vellucent" heart-shaped inset on upper cover surrounded by orange morocco and gilt border, upper and lower covers with raised tooling of Art Noveau vines and red petals heightened with gilt, spine smooth, gilt ruled with title in raised tooling and Art Noveau vines; turn-ins gilt-ruled with red petals, marbled endpapers, stamped signed by binder on lower cover lower turn-in, housed in a custom cloth folding box by Zaehnsdorf. LIMITED EDITION, one of 125 copies on Japanese paper.