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The Scarlet Letter

Title

The Scarlet Letter
With lithographs by Henry Varnum Poor and an introduction by Dorothy Canfield

Creator

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Description

"The second in the new Series of books issued to the members of this Club ... is illustrated with forty-nine lithographs ... It is bound in full leather ... The text is composed in monotype Bodoni types, and printed on a white rag paper especially made by the Worthy Paper Company ... The binding is of scarlet-stained sheepskin with black leather labels stamped in gold." -- Publisher's announcement.
"Printed ... at the Akerman-Standard Press in Providence, Rhode Island: the illustrations are lithographs drawn on the stone by Henry Varnum Poor and printed by George C. Miller in New York." -- Colophon.
No. 1113 of a limited ed. of 1500 copies
Signed by the illustrator
Gift of Loryn Romadka
From the collection of Austin Fredric Lutter, with his bookplate

Source

UW-Milwaukee Libraries Special Collections

Publisher

New York, The Limited Editions Club

Date

1941

Contributor

Henry Varnum Poor
Dorothy Canfield
George C. Miller

Rights

It is the responsibility of the researcher to seek permission from the copyright holder to reproduce for publication.

Format

392 p. illus. (some col.)
25 cm.

Language

English

Identifier

(SPL) PS1868 .A1 1941

Files

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Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel , “The Scarlet Letter,” Digital Exhibits - UWM Libraries Special Collections, accessed November 13, 2024, https://web.uwm.edu/lib-omeka-spc2/items/show/179.