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8vo (19 x 12 cm). 344 pp. Brown cloth publisher's binding with blind stamping to covers and spine. Gilt titles to spine. 1 cm missing to head/tail of repaired/reattached spine. Corners rubbed. Roman ampersand , CO. Four page publisher's catalogue dated March 1851. Frontispiece missing. Last entry pp. 3 "poems of". Signature of PO (B. Verplanck) to head of title page, pencil notation of same to rear paste-down endpaper. BAL 7604.

The House of the Seven Gables is a Gothic novel written in 1851. It explores themes of guilt, retribution, and atonement within a New England family history.