The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel - 1908

New York: The Grolier Club , 1908. Reprint of 1908. Near fine in 1/4 brown, ribbed cloth and tan paper covered boards with gilt text and rules on the spine and a red embossed letter "A" surrounded by gilt decorations on the front board. A quarto measuring 11" by 7 1/2" with a few of the pages opened roughly and minor wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. Without a dust jacket. One of only 303 copies from the second edition of the title and printed on French hand-made paper. 325 pages of text and illustrated with 13 plates black and white plates each of which is duplicated with a color version and separated with a tissue guard. An extremely handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.