The Scarlet Letter: A Romance

Scarce pirated 1851 Routledge London edition of Hawthorne's classic novel. Half burgundy cloth over marbled boards (binder’s ticket of ‘G Parker Stationers Kirkdale, Ripon’ to lower pastedown). Spotting to preliminaries; early gift inscription to title page: ‘A Staples to S Hoy’. Old paper repair to verso of title page in gutter at tail of page. Collates complete: iv, pp252, small square of paper missing from tail of last leaf in gutter, touching first couple of letters of the last line of text on p251. This single volume edition does not have a frontispiece of Hester Prynne, as is correct. Sin, redemption, religion and revenge: The Scarlet Letter has it all.