HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL — The Scarlet Letter: A Romance
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1979. Hardcover. A fancy reprint edition of the author's classic American novel. With illustrations by Chris Duke. --- In full leatherette-like red cloth-covered boards with gilt decorations on covers and spine; title gilt-stamped on spine. All edges gilt, and with colorful patterned paper endpapers. Lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- With a scratch to gilding on fore-edge, else a bright, firm, clean copy lacking additional obvious damages.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 291 pages. Near Fine with no dust jacket .