Early 20th Century Illustrated Volume Set, the Complete Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Old Manse Edition - 22 Books

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Title: The Complete Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne with Portraits, Illustrations, and Facsimiles in Twenty-Two Volumes.
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Publisher: Houghton … more Title: The Complete Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne with Portraits, Illustrations, and Facsimiles in Twenty-Two Volumes.
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Edition: Old Manse Edition.
Printer: The Riverside Press Cambridge.
Origin: Boston and New York.
Publication date: Copyright 1900.

Description: 8923 Pp. (V1; 323 p., V2; 341 p., V3; 325 p., V4; 343 p., V5; 360 p., V6; 381 p., V7; 467 p., V8; 354 p., V9; 294 p., V10; 359 p., V11; 517 p., V12; 360 p., V13; 574 p., V14; 432 p., V15; 405 p., V16; 323 p., V17; 439 p., V18; 585 p., V19; 425 p., V20; 436 p., V21; 421 p., V22; 459 p.). 12mo. Complete in 22 volumes. Publisher's red cloth hardcovers, gilt stamped title on spine covers, gilt upper leaf edges, works include 140 frontispieces and plates of portraits, illustrations and facsimiles with captioned tissue guards, mylar protective wraps.

Measures: 1-1.5 (30 overall) W x 5.25 D x 7.75 H inches.
Approx. weight: 28 pounds, 3 ounces.

Title(s):

I-II. Twice Told Tales [in 2 volumes (v.)].
III. The Snow Image.
IV-V. Mosses from an Old Manse (2 v.).
VI. The Scarlett Letter.
VII. House of the Seven Gables.
VIII. The Blithedale Romance.
IX-X. Marble Faun (2 v.).
XI. Our Old Home (Index at rear).
XII. Grandfather's Chair Etc.
XIII. A Wonder-Book Tanglewood Tales (Index at rear).
XIV. The Dolliver Romance.
XV. Dr. Grimshawe's Secret.
XVI. Tales and Sketches (Appendix at rear).
XVII. Miscellanies.
XVIII. The American Note-Books.
XIX-XXII. Notes of Travel (4 v.) (V22; Title Index at rear).

About the author: Born on the fourth of July in 1804, Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote the stories that lie at the heart of the American Romantic movement. His portraits of colonial life reflect his Puritan heritage and offer fascinating profiles of individuals who strive for freedom from social conventions.

About the edition: The title's namesake, Old Manse edition, was aptly named by the publisher. The American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne published about twenty sketches and tales during his time in the Old Manse, a notable Georgian house in a notable Concord, Massachusetts neighborhood. The Old Manse witnessed the beginning of the American Revolution, the beginnings of the transcendentalism movement and the lives of great 19th century American writers - home to Ralph Waldo Emerson, then Nathaniel Hawthorne and connected to Henry David Thoreau. less