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![]() A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. Permanent Gallery Locationīlue Room Bibliography Isabella Stewart Gardner. Gardner collected a number of works by Hawthorne and even placed a lock of his hair alongside this book in a case in the Blue Room. Fields as well as a letter from Hawthorne to Fields. This first edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter (1850) contains a dedication from the author to his publisher James T. Ink on paper with cloth covered binding Web Commentary Fields, Liverpool, 13 October 1853 (pasted onto front paste-down endpaper, see U3n42.x) Dimensionsġ9 x 19.5 x 2.8 cm (7 1/2 x 7 11/16 x 1 1/8 in.) Display Media FieldsĮnclosed: Letter from Nathaniel Hawthorne to James T. Marksĭedicated in ink (center of front endpaper): Nath' Hawthorne to James T. ![]() Gift from Annie Adams Fields (1834-1915), literary hostess, author, and social reformer, to Isabella Stewart Gardner sometime between 18. Presented by Nathaniel Hawthorne to publisher, editor, writer, and lecturer James Thomas Fields (1817-1881). Original brown cloth yellow lining-leaves. (Salem, Massachusetts, 1804 - 1864, Plymouth, New Hampshire) ![]()
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