The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne circa 1950's Modern Library Classic Literature books

This is a very good hardcover, NO dust jacket, jacket missing. Circa 1950's Modern Library. This copy is very good inside and out. NOTE: we noticed that pages 165, 165, and 166 have a sentence underlined in ink. We did not see any other markings etc on rest of pages. The inside pages are very good with only a hint of light natural tanning from age. The binding is tight and straight. Navy blue hardcover boards are very good and clean with only very light shelf wear corners/edges. Smaller hardcover as typical for Modern Library, crown octavo book size or 5" x 7.5" with 303 pages.

Boni & Liveright began publishing series of books in 1917. They were extremely popular, especially with students, as they were copies of great literature and topics that were priced for the general public. The publishing firm of Boni Liveright started the series, as the idea stemmed from Albert Boni. The first title published was The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde. Early editions were published in "pocket book" size for easy carrying to read anywhere and they were bound in leatherette. Boni & Liveright was sold in 1925 and transformed into Modern Library. In 1927, Random House was borne out of Modern Library and pictorial dust jackets were introduced to the series, along with hardcover boards. As publishing changed, Modern Library fell to the wayside but was "reintroduced" in the 1970's. Early editions are collectibles and later titles remain favorites as many collect Modern Library editions of all ages.

This is The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Scarlet Letter is a historical novel by Nathaniel published in 1850 and set in 17th-century Puritan Boston. This edition features an Intro by William Lyon Phelps.

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