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HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. Tanglewood Tales for Girls and Boys; being a Second Wonderbook. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1853.
12o. Original blind-stamped blue cloth, spine decorated in gilt (light rubbing to spine ends and corners, light stain to lower cover); quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: Katharine de Berkeley Parsons (bookplate).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with 8-page publisher's ads at front (state B, listing the present title as "just out"), the "Boston Stereotype Foundry" imprint on the copyright page and the "Geo. C. Rand" imprint not present. BAL 7614; Peter Parley to Penrod, p. 10.
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FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with 8-page publisher's ads at front (state B, listing the present title as "just out"), the "Boston Stereotype Foundry" imprint on the copyright page and the "Geo. C. Rand" imprint not present. BAL 7614; Peter Parley to Penrod, p. 10.