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This book is in good condition. Gift of John G. Palfrey to Harvard library with library release stamped on bookplate. Comes with a short signed Letter from Palfrey to Charles Sumner. There is some light foxing. This is the first edition with "78" instead of "77" on the contents page, printed in 1837. A rare find in any condition.

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.