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THE SCARLET LETTER: A Romance.

THE SCARLET LETTER: A Romance. Hardcover first edition - 1986

by Hawthorne, Nathaniel; illustrated by Barry Moser

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New York:: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,, (1986). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (remainder line). First trade edition. A striking new edition of Hawthorne's classic novel of guilt and pride, set among the early Puritans of New Englands. . Illustrated with 24 wood engravings by Barry Moser; introduction by Alexander Eliot. Notes on the prints. xix, 181.
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  • Title THE SCARLET LETTER: A Romance.
  • Author Hawthorne, Nathaniel; illustrated by Barry Moser
  • Binding Hardcover first edition -
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (remainder line)
  • Pages 181
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,, New York:
  • Date (1986)
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 75094
  • ISBN 9780151795680 / 0151795681
  • Weight 2.1 lbs (0.95 kg)
  • Reading level 410
  • Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Psychological fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 86012034
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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About this book

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.

First Edition Identification

First edition published by Ticknor, Reeds and Fields, in Boston 1850. Main first edition marker is "reduplicate" instead of "repudiate" on page 21 Four page publisher's adverts at front dated March 1, 1850 and preceding the free end paper. The brown T-cloth favored by Ticknor & Fields is famous for becoming brittle with age, and cracking or fraying at the spine tips. First editions can run upwards of $20,000.

The second edition adds a preface and has a Metcalf imprint on verso of title-page. The third printing has the same preface but has a Hobart & Robbins imprint on verso of title-page.

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