Passages from The American Note-Books of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Second Edition. London, Smith, Elder and Co., 1868. Octavo. 309 pages plus six unnumbered pages of a Catalogue of publisher Smith, Elder and Co. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Poor condition with stronger signs of wear. The binding is fragile with the bookblock slightly separating from the binding. Still, the overall condition is still Good+ with foxing throughout (as usual with this publication) and a faded dampstain to rear endpaper and pastedown. From the library of Patrick MacCabe Fay, with his Bookplate / Exlibris to front free endpaper with the Family-Motto: “Toujours Fidele – Aut Vincere Aut Mori” [″Always Faithful – Either Win or Die”](see image). Very Rare publication !
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