HAWTHORNE'S FIRST DIARY: WITH AN ACCOUNT OF ITS DISCOVERY AND LOSS. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1897. Small octavo, pp. [1-2: blank] [i-ii] iii-vi [vii-x] 1-115 [116: printer's imprint] [117-118: blank], four inserted plates with illustrations from photographs, publisher's green cloth stamped in gold, top edge gilt. First edition, first printing. Literary scholars generally consider Hawthorne's first diary to be a forgery. BAL IV, p. 34. Clark G 15. Attractive book label of Kevin B. MacDonnell affixed to the rear paste-down. A fine copy in chipped printed dust jacket. (#178984).
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