The Scarlet Letter / 1987

By Nathaniel Hawthorne// Illustrated by Hugh ThomsonSet in the harsh Puritan community of 17th century Massachusetts, this tale of an adulterous entanglement resulting in an illegitimate birth engendered the first true heroine of American fiction. Book: Good+. Dust jacket: None. The boards are bound in red cloth with an embossed gilt design and lettering to the front cover and spine. There is a little bit of rubbing on the boards. There is heavy foxing on the text block edges and around the edges of a few pages within the inner text block. The spine is square, and the binding is tight. Publisher: Random House Value PublishingBinding: HardcoverBook Condition: Good+Date Published: 1987Number of pages: 312pp