Description: Hawthirne, Nathaniel. BIOGRAPHICAL STORIES FOR CHILDREN. Boston: Tappan & Bennet, 1842. First edition, first printing. Later three-quarter blue morocco, raised bands gilt, with original cloth covers bound in. Fine copy of this very rare Hawthorne juvenile far scarcer than his 1841 trilogy or his two later juvenile works of 1852-53. Hawthorne uses a frame narrative (a father telling stories to his blind son) to present the boyhood lives of Oliver Cromwell, Samuel Johnson, Sir Isaac Newton, Benjamin West, Ben Franklin, and Queen Christina. Clark A9.1.a. BAL 7595.
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Location: Wells, Maine
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Binding: Fine Binding
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Topic: Literature
