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THE SCARLET LETTER: This Edition Illustrated with Wood Blocks Designed and Engraved by Valenti Angelo Has Been Printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn for Random House, Inc
by (Grabhorn Press). Hawthorne, Nathaniel
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- Hardcover
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- Slight fading to spine tips, spine lightly scuffed and slightly discolored, else very good
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About This Item
NY: Random House, 1928. Limited edition of 980 copies, this #263. Slight fading to spine tips, spine lightly scuffed and slightly discolored, else very good. Original orange morocco and grass-green boards, spine stamped in gilt; octavo; (363) pp.
Signed on the limitation page by Edwin Grabhorn, Valenti Angelo, and Robert Grabhorn. Signatures are in green ink which is quite faint but legible.
Signed on the limitation page by Edwin Grabhorn, Valenti Angelo, and Robert Grabhorn. Signatures are in green ink which is quite faint but legible.
Synopsis
The Scarlet Letter: A Romance (1850) is considered the American author Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'masterwork.' A work of historical fiction set in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the Puritan settlement of 1642-1949 itells the story of Hester Prynne, who after having a child as a result of an extra-marital affair attempts to live a life of repentance and dignity although she is marked by having to wear a Scarlett A on her person. Throughout the novel, Hawthorne explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt. The Scarlett Letter was one of the first mass-produced novels in the United States, prior printing of books generally done by hand. The 2,500 copies first printed sold out in days, and the mass-production of books opened up conversation about books and authors to a wider-audience on a national level. The first edition of The Scarlet Letter sold out in ten days and “made Hawthorne’s fame, changed his fortune and gave to our literature its first symbolic novel a year before the appearance of Melville’s Moby-Dick” (Bradley). Although an instant best-seller, the books sales over fourteen years only brought the author $1500.
Reviews
On Oct 4 2010, Erhanilhan said:
An absolute criticism of Puritan society. Hawthorne portrays the hypocritic sides of the society by pointing its discrepancies and ill-interpreted biblical sides deeds. He also shows that the society was not working in the name of god as stated; instead worked for a group of people (especially powerful) that keep the lines in hand.
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- Title
- THE SCARLET LETTER: This Edition Illustrated with Wood Blocks Designed and Engraved by Valenti Angelo Has Been Printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn for Random House, Inc
- Author
- (Grabhorn Press). Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Book Condition
- Used - Slight fading to spine tips, spine lightly scuffed and slightly discolored, else very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition of 980 copies, this #263
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1928
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