Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Title: Our Old Home: A Series of English Sketches
Description: Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1863 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, second printing of Nathaniel Hawthorne's collection of sketches describing his time in England between 1853 and 1857. The first edition, second printing. With "mysterious" printed as "myterious" to page 145, and with the advertisement leaf omitted, as is called for in the second printing.A collection of twelve sketches describing Hawthorne's time living in England. In 1853, he was appointed as United States consul in Liverpool by President Franklin Pierce. The role was considered the most lucrative foreign service position at the time, described by Hawthorne's wife as "second in dignity to the Embassy in London".Sketches of England includes short pieces titled 'About Warwick', 'Up the Thames', and 'Pilgrim to Old Boston&apos.With a contemporary pencil inscription to the front free endpaper.A very smart example of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, otherwise externally very smart. Head of front hinge strained, but firmly held. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned to perimeters, otherwise clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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