Life Of Franklin Pierce Hawthorne, Nathaniel Literature

First edition, with the earliest ads and in BAL's earliest state of the binding. Frontispiece with tissue guard (foxed). 4 (ads), 144 pp. 12mo (18 x 11.3 cm). Hawthorne and Pierce were classmates and close friends at Bowdoin, and both were members of the progressive literary group, the Athenian Society. Hawthorne published this biography during Pierce's campaign for the presidency. BAL 7612; Clark A21.1.a Original green cloth, gilt-lettered on spine. Slightly leaned, head of spine chipped, some foxing at beginning, heavier on the frontispiece Frontispiece with tissue guard (foxed). 4 (ads), 144 pp. 12mo (18 x 11.3 cm) First edition, with the earliest ads and in BAL's earliest state of the binding.