JAMES, HENRY. The Portrait of a Lady. London: Macmillan 1881. 3 vols., 8vo, original dark blue-green fine bead-grain cloth, blocked in black and blind, spines gilt-lettered, bottom edges uncut, 1 1/4-inch tear at top of front outer joint of vol. 2, slight wear to front outer joint of vol. 1, light wear at most fore-corners, some light staining and spotting to covers, most endpapers cracked at inner hinges; cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION, one of 750 copies, 24-page publisher's catalogue at end of vol. 3 dated April, 1881 (BAL's Printing B of the ads -- an earlier catalogue was dated January, 1881). Edel & Laurence A16a; BAL 10553; Connolly, The Modern Movement 1: "Although Hawthorne had written of Americans in Europe, James brought them into the field of literature, they became his special subject, his donnée . It was through him that the world of the American expatriates first found its voice...The Portrait supplies a key theme to be revised by the Americans of the 'twenties, the expatriate Bohemians." Despite defects, a very good copy of an extremely scarce book in collector's condition. Provenance : Pencilled name "Louise S. Broadwood" on each front free endpaper. (3)
JAMES, HENRY. The Portrait of a Lady. London: Macmillan 1881. 3 vols., 8vo, original dark blue-green fine bead-grain cloth, blocked in black and blind, spines gilt-lettered, bottom edges uncut, 1 1/4-inch tear at top of front outer joint of vol. 2, slight wear to front outer joint of vol. 1, light wear at most fore-corners, some light staining and spotting to covers, most endpapers cracked at inner hinges; cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION, one of 750 copies, 24-page publisher's catalogue at end of vol. 3 dated April, 1881 (BAL's Printing B of the ads -- an earlier catalogue was dated January, 1881). Edel & Laurence A16a; BAL 10553; Connolly, The Modern Movement 1: "Although Hawthorne had written of Americans in Europe, James brought them into the field of literature, they became his special subject, his donnée . It was through him that the world of the American expatriates first found its voice...The Portrait supplies a key theme to be revised by the Americans of the 'twenties, the expatriate Bohemians." Despite defects, a very good copy of an extremely scarce book in collector's condition. Provenance : Pencilled name "Louise S. Broadwood" on each front free endpaper. (3)
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