HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. — Twice-Told Tales

New York: The Heritage Press, 1966. Hardcover. 24 short stories by master American storyteller Nathaniel Hawthorne, in a deluxe reprint edition by the Heritage Press. Selected and introduced by Wallace Stegner, and with color illustrations by Valenti Angelo. --- In patterned gold paper-covered boards backed in gold cloth, with gilt-stamped spine titling & decorations on grey block. Slipcase covered in gold paper. Sandglass flyer not present. --- With 2 spots of soiling to spine, which is faintly sunned, and with prior owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down, else a bright, clean, firm copy. Slipcase with a little soiling and sunning, else nice and structurally sound.; Small Quarto (9 to 11 in. tall); xv, 411 pages. Near Fine .