Books

American Stationers Co.. Good+. 1837. 1st. Hard Cover. 8vo; 334 pp; First edition, first state. Very light edge wear on boards and spine. Bookplate has been removed from front pastedown, resulting in some loss of paper. Foxing on endpages, light occasional foxing throughout. Paper on front inner hinge is starting to crack but binding is secure. An attractive book. .

Twice-Told Tales is a collection of previously published short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne that was duely noted for its depiction of moral allegories concerning the American Puritanism of Hawthorne's time.