The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne [INTERNATIONAL COLLECTORS LIBRARY]

COLLECTOR'S EDITION  [1970] INTERNATIONAL COLLECTOR'S LIBRARY

Black Leatherette hardcover with gilt gold embossed lettering and edges.  Book is in excellent condition with mild edge wear and some subtle tanning to pages. 

The sins of one generation are visited upon another in a haunted New England mansion until the arrival of a young woman from the country breathes new air into mouldering lives and rooms. Written shortly after The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables re-addresses the theme of human guilt in a style remarkable in both its descriptive virtuosity and its truly modern mix of fantasy and realism.