New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1899. First American Edition. First Printing, one of 1,000 copies. Octavo (19cm); second issue binding (no established priority), bulking 1 3/8" thick, in reddish-brown vertically-ribbed cloth titled in gilt on spine and covers, with publisher's imprint at base of spine in seriffed lettering; [iv],[2],3-456,[2]..... More
London: Duckworth and Co., 1898. First Edition. First (only) Impression, one of 1,500 copies. Crown octavo (19.5cm); buff buckram, with titling and pictorial elements stamped in black on spine and front cover; [iv],187,[1] + [16]pp ads. This copy with the publisher's device stamped on rear cover (lacking on some copies..... More
New York: Macmillan and Co., 1892. First Edition. First Printing, one of 2,900 copies divided between the American and English issue. Octavo (19.5cm); original blue-grey cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt, black, and dark red on spine and front cover; [vi],302 + [12]pp ads. Hint of sunning to..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1896. First Edition. First Impression, one of 600 copies. Two octavo volumes (19cm); turquoise cloth titled in gilt on spines and front covers, with circular ornament blindstamped onto upper covers; [iv],[3],4-206,[207-208] + [32]pp ads; [iv],[1]-202,[203-204] + 32pp ads, dated August, 1896. Someone (most likely the publisher) has..... More
Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905. First Edition. Contents are comprised of two long pieces: "The Question of Our Speech," an address to the graduating class of Bryn Mawr College on June 8, 1905 (it first appeared in the August, 1905 issue Appleton's Booklovers Magazine), and "The..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1888. First Edition. First (and only) Impression, one of 500 copies. Two octavo volumes (18.75cm); hunter green cloth, spines titled in gilt, with decorative bands stamped in gilt on spines and front covers; blue-black coated endpapers; [iv],[1]-190 + [2]pp ads; [iv],[1]-207,[1]pp. Forward lean to both volumes..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1913. First U.K. Edition. First Impression (one of 1,000 copies), second issue, with an inserted terminal leaf at p.436 reading "In preparation by the same author – Notes of a Son and Brother." Octavo (23cm); cobalt blue cloth titled in gilt on spine, double blind-ruled..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1890. First Edition. First Printing, one of 1,000 copies. Two octavo volumes (18.5cm); original forest green cloth, with titling and rule stamped in gilt on spines and front covers; [vi],[1]-422,[2]; [iv],[423]-882,[2]pp. Contemporary owner's initials (in ink) to front endpaper of each volume..... More
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919. First Edition. A collection of short fiction with no English counterpart, gathering the following seven stories which first appeared in the pages of Atlantic Monthly, Galaxy, and Scribner's Monthly: "Travelling Companions," "The Sweetheart of M. Briseaux," "Professor Fargo," "At Isella," "Guest's Confession," "Adina," and..... More
London: W. Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., 1918. First Edition. A title for which there was no American counterpart, containing five essays written during World War I, all of which were previously published in the Fortnightly Review, New York Times, New York World, The Book of France, and The Book..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1916. First Edition. An early anthology of James's work selected and edited by Ruth Head, who had James's blessing before he died, giving her permission to publish extracts from his many works. Edel & Laurence A76a; BAL 10692. First Impression, English Issue, one of 700 copies..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1900. Second Edition (and First Illustrated Edition). Ordinary Issue, one of 2,030 copies. Octavo (20.25cm); dark green cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt, cream, and dark red on spine and front cover (binding designed by Bruce Rogers); top edge gilt;..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1879. First U.K. Edition. One of James's best-known works – a novella charting the courtship and death of Daisy Miller, a young American girl, pursued by Frederick Winterbourne while in Switzerland, and an Italian man of questionable reputation while visiting Rome. First serialized in The Cornhill..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1880. First American Edition. First (only) Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); dark olive-drab cloth, titled in red on spine and front cover; brown coated endpapers; viii,[1]-177,[1] + [6]pp ads. Trivial wear to spine ends, else a fresh, Fine copy. Biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne, part of the..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1881. First One-Volume Edition. First Impression, one of 500 copies. Octavo (19.75cm); dark blue cloth titled in gilt on spine, with black and gilt-stamped decorative bands along the spine and front cover; dark brown endpapers; [viii],[1]-401,[402-404] + 24pp ads. Spine ends gently nudged, scattered foxing to..... More
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1878. First Edition. A sharp copy of James's first novel, serialized between August-December, 1871 in the Atlantic Monthly. It did not appear in book format until Osgood proposed publication in April, 1878. James implemented moderate revisions to the text between the serialization and it's appearance..... More