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HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. Biographical Stories for Children. Boston: Tappan and Dennet, 1842
First edition. A rare Hawthorne juvenile work, framed around a blind father telling his son stories about the boyhood lives of Oliver Cromwell, Samuel Johnson, Sir Isaac Newton, Benjamin West, and Ben Franklin.
12mo. (Old adhesion in upper corner of title.) Original brown cloth, gilt-lettered on spine (cloth discolored, front joint partly cracked); cloth slipcase. Provenance: Rumney (inkstamp on title).
First edition. A rare Hawthorne juvenile work, framed around a blind father telling his son stories about the boyhood lives of Oliver Cromwell, Samuel Johnson, Sir Isaac Newton, Benjamin West, and Ben Franklin.
12mo. (Old adhesion in upper corner of title.) Original brown cloth, gilt-lettered on spine (cloth discolored, front joint partly cracked); cloth slipcase. Provenance: Rumney (inkstamp on title).