The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne [POCKET HARDCOVER] 1966 • Allyn & Bacon • Academy Classics

The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne edited with A Life of Hawthorne, Notes and Other aids to the study of the book by A. Marion merrill

MINIATURE ILLUSTRATED HARDCOVER [1966] ALLYN & BACON • ACADEMY CLASSICS

Small cloth-bound, fully illustrated, antique pocket-sized edition of the classic novel.  Edition first published in 1922, this is a 1966 re-print. 

Book is in very good condition. (Dime for scale)

Cloth shows some scratches / general shelf wear and a small antique shop sticker on front.   Reads like new with clean, white 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.