(New York): Cosmopolitan, March, 1949, First Edition. quarto, original printed paper wrappers. Cosmopolitan, The Cosmopolitan Book-Length Feature. The film "Beau James", starring Bob Hope, was based on this book. Hand written annotation on front wrapper. This copy is inscribed and signed by Fowler at the beginning of the article: "Unfortunately..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, (1977), First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. Little, Brown, A very fine, clean copy of the Little, Brown edition which precedes the London edition. Jacket not price clipped. More
New York: The Eakins Press, (1966), First Edition. octavo, green buckram in printed dust jacket. (96)pp. The Eakins Press, Printed at The Steinehour Press. Nearly as new copy, jacket not price clipped. More
Boston: Faber & Faber, (1985), First American Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. Faber & Faber, 4" scratch to front panel of dust jacket, else a fine, clean copy in same jacket which is not price clipped. More
London: Bodley Head, (1980), First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. Bodley Head, Very fine copy in a very fine jacket which is not price clipped. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982, First Edition. octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. Houghton Mifflin, More
New York: Knopf, 1984, First Trade Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. Knopf, More
(New York): Dell, (1962), First Edition. duodecimo, pictorial wrappers, text block edges stained green. Dell, "Never before published in book form - 73 articles by America's greatest writer." Bump to bottom center of back cover mildly affecting the last 90 pages. More
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, no date (circa 1910), large octavo, pictorial boards with red cloth spine. 72 pp. Raphael Tuck & Sons, Illustrated by T. Noyes Lewis, Hilda Cowham, M. F. Taylor, Mabel Lucie Attwell, and others. An anthology of children's stories, No. 808 in Father Tuck's Golden Gift"..... More
London: Methuen, (1946), First English edition. small octavo, purple boards stamped in green, in dust jacket. Methuen, Book fine and clean, Dust jacket lightly dust soiled with minimal wear at top and bottom of jacket spine. More
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1879, First American Edition, Second Impression, Binding State A. octavo, terra cotta cloth with bevelled edges, dark brown coated endpapers. Houghton, Osgood and Company, Top edge not stained ochre. Supino 7.8.0. Cloth soiled with minor bubbling to cloth front and back covers, one inch scuff..... More
London: Macmillan, 1879, Second English Edition, binding state A, first one volume issue. octavo, blue cloth stamped in black and gilt, brown coated endpapers. Macmillan, Supino 7.4.0. Cloth to outer hinge worn, wear to top and bottom of spine, inner hinges weak. Bookplate removed from front pastedown, damp stain to..... More
(Ipswich): The Boydell Press, 1971, First Separate Edition, Limited to 100 numbered copies, plus 20 for private circulation. tall octavo, brown cloth. The Boydell Press, This story first appeared in the "Atlantic Monthly" January, 1874, and then collected in "A Passionate Pilgrim" 1875. Printed on Wookey Hole handmade Paper by..... More
London: Methuen, 1903, First Edition. octavo, vertical ribbed red cloth. Methuen, Edel and Laurence A58a. Ads dated July 1903. Spine moderately faded, cloth worn at top and bottom of spine. Corners scuffed exposing board. Hinges broken at some point and poorly repaired resulting in the text block falling even with..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946, First printing of this edition. octavo, green cloth. Charles Scribner's Sons, Section VII, totaling five pages, of the last essay, "Florida," which appears in the English edition but was eliminated in the American edition, is included in this edition. The text ends with 16..... More
London: Macmillan, 1886, duodecimo, blue cloth with gilt rule on front covers. Macmillan, Part of the "Pocket Edition of Mr. Henry James's Novels and Tales." Vol I: corners scuffed exposing board, last gathering roughly opened. Vol II: cloth on covers bubbled and slightly soiled, last gathering roughly opened... More
London: Macmillan, 1886, duodecimo, blue cloth with gilt rule on front covers. Macmillan, Part of the "Pocket Edition of Mr. Henry James's Novels and Tales." Vol I: spine faded and discolored, ink name erased from front pastedown, gilt stamping dull, corners bumped. Vol II: spine faded and discolored, ink name..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1899, First American Edition. octavo, red-brown cloth, lettered in gilt on front and back covers and spine. Harper & Brothers Publishers, Edel and Laurence A53b; BAL 10636. First printing of 1,000 copies. A nearly all dialogue treatment of decadence in English society. A technique..... More
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1880, First American Edition. octavo, red-brown cloth over bevelled boards. Houghton, Osgood and Company, First State binding with Houghton, Osgood & Co. stamped at foot of spine. Edel & Laurence A11b; BAL 10549. Inner hinges stained with white powder, both pastedowns have two marks from..... More
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1880, First American Edition. octavo, red-brown cloth over bevelled boards. Houghton, Osgood and Company, First State binding with Houghton, Osgood & Co. stamped at foot of spine. Edel & Laurence A11b; BAL 10549. Both front and back pastedown endpapers have been vertically slit, front pastedown..... More