THE HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES: Severing Family and Colonial Ties by Peter Buitenhuis New York: Twayne Publishers, (1991). First edition, first printing: Hardcover issue. First printing number code sequence 1 through 10 to the copyright page. An analysis of Hawthorne's 1851 novel that argues the subtext is an attempt to create a truly American identity and a break with our English legacy. Buitenhuis explores the text and places it in a literary and cultural context. Fine and very tight in beige-brown linen with metallic-blue embossed titles to the spine, yellow headband and tail-band; in a fine dust jacket. A volume in Twayne's Masterwork Studies. UNREAD! Octavo; 137 pages; notes; chronology; bibliography; index. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS!