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[AMERICAN LITERATURE]. -- HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. The Blithedale Romance. London: Chapman and Hall, 1852. 2 volumes. Provenance: James T. Fields (1817-1881), Boston publisher (signature on front pastedown and title-page). FIRST EDITION. -- MELVILLE, Herman. White Jacket; or the World in a Man-of-War. New York: Harper, 1850. FIRST EDITION. -- WHITTIER, John Greenleaf. Snow-bound. A Winter Idyl. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866. FIRST EDITION. [Laid-in:] WHITTIER. Autograph letter signed fragment preserving the signature. -- WILLIAMS, Tennessee. 11 volumes comprising: Baby Doll, 1956; Camino Real, 1953; The Rose Tattoo, 1951; The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, 1951; FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 500 copies signed by Williams; Another copy. Cloth slipcase. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 500 copies signed by Williams; The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, 1950; Period of Adjustment, 1960; Sweet Bird of Youth, 1959; Sudddenly Last Summer, 1958; "Sweet Bird of Youth" and "Period of Adjustment" in Esquire, April 1959 and December 1960. All FIRST EDITIONS, all in slipcases. (14)
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[AMERICAN LITERATURE]. -- HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. The Blithedale Romance. London: Chapman and Hall, 1852. 2 volumes. Provenance: James T. Fields (1817-1881), Boston publisher (signature on front pastedown and title-page). FIRST EDITION. -- MELVILLE, Herman. White Jacket; or the World in a Man-of-War. New York: Harper, 1850. FIRST EDITION. -- WHITTIER, John Greenleaf. Snow-bound. A Winter Idyl. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866. FIRST EDITION. [Laid-in:] WHITTIER. Autograph letter signed fragment preserving the signature. -- WILLIAMS, Tennessee. 11 volumes comprising: Baby Doll, 1956; Camino Real, 1953; The Rose Tattoo, 1951; The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, 1951; FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 500 copies signed by Williams; Another copy. Cloth slipcase. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 500 copies signed by Williams; The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, 1950; Period of Adjustment, 1960; Sweet Bird of Youth, 1959; Sudddenly Last Summer, 1958; "Sweet Bird of Youth" and "Period of Adjustment" in Esquire, April 1959 and December 1960. All FIRST EDITIONS, all in slipcases. (14)