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First printing, American issue, with the Craighead and Smith imprints to the copyright page of both volumes. 12mo (19.5cm). Two volumes bound as one in brown cloth, blindstamped, titled in gilt on spine; cream endpapers printed in red-orange; [vi],207,[1],[vi],211,[1]pp. In custom tan calf and cloth slipcase. Bookplates of Florence and Edward Kaye, and of the Laugher Bache Library, with Laugher Bache's signature at head of title page. Straight and sound; cloth faded at spine, lightly rubbed with a few small stains, internally foxed: just Very Good. A collection of short stories, from the collection of noted book collectors. The two-in-one format of the first edition, which was also issued in paper wrappers and as two volumes in cloth. CLARK A15.1.a1. BAL 7598.

A collection of short stories published in 1846, it reflects Hawthorne's dark romanticism and explores human nature and morality.