Literature
The Animal Hotel.
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
An Egyptian Journal.
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
Doctor Fischer Of Geneva or The Bomb Party.
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
Fair Land, Fair Land.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982, First Edition. octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. Houghton Mifflin, More
More Beasts (For Worse Children).
London: Duckworth and Co., no date (circa 1915), Reprint of the 1897 first edition. square octavo, pictorial boards printed in black and brown. Duckworth and Co. , Illustrated by B. T. B. (Basil Temple Blackwood). 1/2" chip at top of spine, Mild weakness at hinge to some gatherings. Paper lightly..... More
Two Autograph Letters, signed, dated 31 Jan and 1 Feb 1913.
Recipient's name indecipherable. Regarding the sale of a Hewlett manuscript,"I don't particularly want to sell an MS. at all, but I can let you have that of Idylls of the Huntress, published in Artemision [1909] if you please. [Indecipherable] 66 foolscap pages, and I shall want L100...no copyright is included...."..... More
Sunny Stories.
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
Prater Violet.
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
Daisy Miller & An International Episode.
New York: Harper & Bros. 1892, Limited to 250 numbered copies. Third American Edition. octavo, off-white antiqued paper simulating parchmentyapp fore-edges, stamped in gilt. Harper & Bros., Supino 8.9.0. Illustrated by Harry W. McVickar. Uncut and unopened. Vellum dust soiled but without wear, light foxing to yapp edges. Contents clean..... More
The Europeans. A Sketch.
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
The Europeans. A Sketch.
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
The Last of the Valerii.
(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
The Ambassadors.
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
The American Scene. Together with Three Essays from "Portraits of Places." Edited and with an introduction by W. H. Auden.
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
The American. Two volumes.
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
The American. Two volumes.
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
The Awkward Age.
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
The Awkward Age.
London: William Heinemann, 1899, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth with four irises in blind on front cover. William Heinemann, This copy with the publisher's device in blind on back cover, no precedence noted. Edel & Laurence A53a. Cloth color scuffed at extremities, especially along front outer hinge, but without tears..... More
The Better Sort.
London: Mehtuen, 1903, First Edition, English Issue, simultaneous with the New York Edition. octavo, bright blue cloth. Mehtuen, Edel & Laurence A57a. This blue cloth binding is believed to be a remainder; publisher's catalogue omitted. Short tear in cloth a front outer hinge, corners lightly scuffed just exposing board... More
Confidence.
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
Confidence.
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
Confidence.
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. Wear to top and bottom of spine, cloth soiled, corners scuffed. Good..... More