Holiday Gifts 2020

15 Holiday Gifts December 2020 One Of Only 500 Sets Signed By Hawthorne’s Daughter Rose And Numerous Illustrators, Including Jess Willcox Smith And Howard Pyle 33. HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. The Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne. BostonandNewYork, 1900[- 01]. Twenty-two volumes. Octavo, contemporary three-quarter red morocco gilt. $4500. Click for more info “Autograph Edition” of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s works, one of only 500 sets signed by his daughter Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, illustrated with 135 plates, including an engraved frontispiece in each volume in double-suite: hand-colored and black-and-white, the latter state signed by the artist. Contributing artists’ signatures include Howard Pyle and Jesse Willcox Smith. An impressive, handsomely bound set. Very handsome with only minor restoration to a few joints or spine heads. “Shakespeare Is The Canon” 32. SHAKESPEARE, William. The Works of Shakespeare. Edited by Israel Gollancz. London, 1899. Twelve volumes. Octavo, publisher’s full vellum gilt. $7500. Click for more info Fine set of the “Larger Temple Shakespeare,” one of only 175 sets printed on handmade paper, beautifully illustrated with 40 full-page plates (30 hand-tinted), and copious in-text line cuts. Text fine, foxing to margins of some plates, original vellum exceptionally beautiful and fine. Stunning. “ I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men!” —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow L i t e r a t u r e