Grandfather's Chair: A History For Youth Hawthorne, Nathaniel Literature

First edition. viii, [i], [9]-140 pp. 12mo. Peirce Family Copies. The first of three titles in the Grandfather's Chair series for children. It was Elizabeth Palmer Peabody-the sister of Hawthorne's future wife, Sofia-who published these stories when the original publisher, Nahum Capen, withdrew. BAL 7590; Clark A6.1 Original bluish plum basket-weave embossed cloth, black paper label on front cover (gilt lettering faded but readable); green cloth chemise; green morocco pull of case by Bradstreet's (one joint split). A near-fine copy with some light wear to binding, a few scattered foxmarks and several leaves with unobtrusive marginal soilmarks