A lovely copy of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. First Edition, First Printing. Published by The Franklin Library order in 1976, this beautiful tome is bound in genuine red leather with gilt decorations to front and back covers, spine, and all edges gilt, accented with 22kt gold, silk moire endpapers (front and back), raised bands. Illustrated by Bernard Fuchs, noted as a Limited Edition. This particular copy is part of The 100 Greatest Books of all Time series. Binding is tight, feels as if the book has never been opened, slight sunning to spine, near fine condition.
The Franklin Library was a division of the Franklin Mint known for creating gorgeous fine collector books from the 1970's through to 2000. The Franklin Library published various collections throughout this time, but notably published The 100 Greatest Books of All Time series which included heavily illustrated editions of some of literatures most famous titles. This series was published between 1974 and 1982.
Product code: The Scarlet Letter, 1976 (FIRST EDITION, order LIMITED)