5 7-336 + 8-page publisher's catalogue dated "July, 1853" inserted at front, flyleaves at front and rear, engraved title and six inserted plates, original decorated blue cloth, front and rear panels stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, yellow endpapers. Minute wear to corners, faint soiling, the binding otherwise sound and bright, occasional spotting to contents, else internally fresh a very good, attractive copy indeed. Gilt morocco bookplate of Katharine de Berkeley Parsons (1897-1993) embossed booksellers stamp of Gray Sprague & Co. Additional engraved title, 6 engraved plates, 8 pp. Housed in custom blue cloth chemise and matching quarter morocco slipcase, spine lettered in gilt (a hint of wear). Original blue cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, decorationsin blind to boards, pale yellow coated endpapers. This edition, preceded only by the UK edition of the same year, has the following issue points: the "Stereotyped at the Boston Stereotype Foundry" mention to the copyright page the omission of price in the list of Hawthorne's works (later issues having the price of 88 cents) and the publisher's ads dated "August, 1853", in the second state, listing the present title as "just out" (p. This copy has a loosely inserted envelope addressed to the publisher, penned and initialled by Hawthorne. First US edition, first issue, of Hawthorne's sequel to The Wonder Book (Boston, 1852), retelling the Greek myths for children.
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