Passages from The French and Italian Note-Books of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Volume 1 of 2, within a 23-volume set initiated by Ticknor & Fields and carried forth by Fields, Osgood, & Co., and James R. Osgood. Ornate, small green hardcover, 270 pp. Gilt letters on spine. Slight wear at head and heel of spine. A nice example of Hawthorne's foreign writings.