Grandfather's Chair

New York: Alden, c 1900.

Price: $18.00

Hardcover. Later. Good hardcover. Light browning of pages, bookplate. Front end paper clipped. Cover rubbed with wear on spine ends, corners. Embossed, gilt design on front. Later printing. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Item #250837

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Nathaniel Hawthorne
birth name: Nathaniel Hathorne
born: 7/4/1804
died: 5/16/1864
nationality: USA

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Biography

American novelist and short-story writer who was a master of the allegorical and symbolic tale. One of the greatest fiction writers in American literature, he is best known for The Scarlet Letter (1850) and The House of the Seven Gables (1851). - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore