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Life of Franklin Pierce
by HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good. Large 12mo. Four pages of publishers ads (July 1852), [5], 4-144 pp. Frontis. engraved portrait of Pierce with tissue guard. Yellow endpapers. Original green cloth, blindstamped with gilt lettering on spine. Foxing to preliminaries. Bookplate of Mary Savage Johnson on the front pastedown. Interior bright, cloth in pleasing condition with spine ends intact, corners sharp. A piece of electioneering written by Pierce's Bowdoin College chum. The effort was reciprocated when President Pierce appointed Hawthorne U.S. Consul in Liverpool. A notably bright copy now protected in a removable, clear archival sleeve. BAL, 7612; CLARK, A21.1.a; SABIN, 30992.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7217
- Title
- Life of Franklin Pierce
- Author
- HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel
- Format/Binding
- Original cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ticknor, Reed, and Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1852
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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