HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (1804-1864). The House of the Seven Gables. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851. 8vo. 4 pp. publisher's advertisements dated March 1851 [BAL's printing B, no priority]. Original brown blind-embossed cloth [BAL's binding B] (some light pale stains to covers, touch of wear to two corners and lower edge of rear board, minor pale spotting on block edges); quarter morocco slipcase. FIRST EDITION. BAL 7604. A BRIGHT COPY.