THE SCARLET LETTER
by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, (1975). Collector's Edition, The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Series. Frontispiece portrait art by Richard Loehle specially commissioned for this Easton Press Collector's edition. Internal illustrations by W.A. Dwiggins. An exquisitely nice classic gift. Easton Press bookplate, with former owner's name typed-in, attached to the verso of the front end-paper, fine, crisp, very tight, unopened and unread in rich-red leather with patterned gilt embossed decorations to the front and rear covers, gilt embossed decorations and titles to the raised four-band hubbed spine, red-and-yellow headband and tail-band, all page edges bright gilt, golden-tan satin-moire end-papers, and a sewn-in silk ribbon marker. 9.5" by 6.5" by 1.3"; 280 pages; plus publisher's preface. PLEASE VIEW FOR MORE GREAT ILLUSTRATED BOOKS THANKS! |