![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() To Henry James, Nathaniel Hawthorne “has the importance of being the most beautiful and most eminent representative of a literature… in the field of letters, Hawthorne is the most valuable example of the American genius.” On publication of The Scarlet Letter in 1850, Hawthorne moved his family from Salem to Lenox, Massachusetts. Octavo, original dark brown cloth.įirst American edition, presumed first overall, of this collection of 15 tales by Hawthorne, the final collection of stories published in his lifetime, with earliest publisher’s ads of January 1852 bound in, in original bright gilt cloth. The SnowImage, and Other TwiceTold Tales. “THE MOST VALUABLE EXAMPLE OF THE AMERICAN GENIUS”: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF HAWTHORNE’S THE SNOW-IMAGE ![]()
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