Search Results: Henry James The Novels and Tales Of Henry James Volume 4

J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1963. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Single volume 5 only (issued in 12 volumes). Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 414 pages, gray cloth. A very good, clean, sturdy hard cover with light shelf wear; hinges and binding 1s solid, paper is creasm white, with a previous owner's name on the front endpaper. In a very good, moderately worn dust jacket, with the original price present.

London, England: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1962. Second printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Single volume 2 only (issued in 12 volumes). Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 446 pages, gray cloth. A very good, clean, sturdy hard cover with light shelf wear, but the spine is slightly canted; hinges and binding 1s solid, paper is lightly yellowed. In a very good minus, moderately worn dust jacket, chipped at the fold edges with the original price present.

J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1963. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Single volume 6 only (issued in 12 volumes). Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 444 pages, gray cloth. A very good, clean, sturdy hard cover with light shelf wear; hinges and binding 1s solid, paper is cream white, with a previous owner's name on the front endpaper. In a very good minus, moderately worn dust but color faded dust jacket, with the original price present.

J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good minus. Single volume 2 only (issued in 12 volumes). Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 446 pages, gray cloth. A very good, clean, sturdy hard cover with light shelf wear; hinges and binding 1s solid, paper is cream white, with a previous owner's name on the front endpaper. In a very good minus, moderately worn dust jacket with some foxing primarily to the blank reverse, with the original price present.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1963) Scribner's facsimile reprint of 1909 edition 500pp, 5 3/4 x 8 1/2, black cloth, gilt signature on front cover, blue decorative labels and gilt lettering on spine CONDITION: GOOD, ex-library with the usual markings (withdrawn stamp on top edge, label at spine foot, library stamp & corner clipped on front endpaper, and card pocket remnant on rear endpaper o/w worn but sound condition, spine somewhat slanted, very light damp staining on covers and moderate wear at corners

276 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's green cloth with red labels to cover and spine with gilt lettering to spine and cover in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Translated by Willard R Task. First edition. Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. Pushkin was born into Russian nobility in Moscow. His father, Sergey Lvovich Pushkin, belonged to Pushkin noble families. His matrilineal great-grandfather was Abram Petrovich Gannibal. He published his first poem at the age of 15, and was widely recognized by the literary establishment by the time of his graduation from the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum. Upon graduation from the Lycee, Pushkin recited his controversial poem "Ode to Liberty", one of several that led to his being exiled by Tsar Alexander the First. While under the strict surveillance of the Tsar's political… Read More

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardback. New. In 1907, in a quiet English village, Theodora Bosanquet answered Henry James's call for someone to transcribe his edits and additions to his formidable body of work. The aging James had agreed to revise his novels and tales into the twenty-four-volume New York Edition.

An outstanding Four Volume collection of the unearthly from the pen of a masterHenry James was a notable American author who lived and worked in England for forty years of his life-becoming a nationalised British subject shortly before his death. He is especially remembered for his portrayal of Americans abroad and for the creativity and freedom he displayed within his diverse literary perspectives. His novels remain highly regarded and continually read. Among them are Washington Square, The Bostonians, The Ambassadors and others. In any list of James' notable achievements one title frequently appears first-just as in every list of the most highly regarded supernatural fiction a James work is also certain to appear. That story is, of course, the novella, 'The Turn of the Screw'-a tale of creeping supernatural threat, terror, polluted innocence and inevitable tragedy. It is a deserved classic of supernatural fiction and true to the nature of such things subordinates James's other work in the genre… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,coloured flower freized borders/edges on pink background illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges or corners - no nicks or tears present - a few minor indentations to both upper+ rear wraps.Top+fore-edges aged/toned - as usual/normal - contents bright,tight and clean apart from page-edge toning, bright,clean,air-force blue paper-covered boards with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,12+18-319pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages,contents list,Pts 1-3,an epilogue,16pp contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp96/7 and pp224/25 respectively and an appendix (four poems for Emily Dickinson). The second volume of Rumer Godden's… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1923. Very Good. The stories in this volume did not appear in the New York edition of his works. They are Watch and Ward, longstaffs Marriage, Eugene Pickering, Benvolio and The impressions of a Cousin. Blue boards with gold embossing to front and spine,spine embossing worn, corners slightly bumped,front board inset with owners bookplate AB4

Volume three-of four-of the ghostliest of Henry James' fictionHenry James was a notable American author who lived and worked in England for forty years of his life-becoming a nationalised British subject shortly before his death. He is especially remembered for his portrayal of Americans abroad and for the creativity and freedom he displayed within his diverse literary perspectives. His novels remain highly regarded and continually read. Among them are Washington Square, The Bostonians, The Ambassadors and others. In any list of James' notable achievements one title frequently appears first-just as in every list of the most highly regarded supernatural fiction a James work is also certain to appear. That story is, of course, the novella, 'The Turn of the Screw'-a tale of creeping supernatural threat, terror, polluted innocence and inevitable tragedy. It is a deserved classic of supernatural fiction and true to the nature of such things subordinates James's other work in the genre almost to obscurity.… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

ORIGINAL EDITION Publisher-Printing Location: Harper & Brothers, New York Date and Numbering: August 1920, Volume CXLI, Number DCCCXLIIISize and Page Count: 6.5 X 10" Tall, approx. 200 pages, includes advertisements and the back cover with statement of Harper's New Monthly MagazineCondition: Good, binding good, front and back covers are loose with small tears and foxing, spine cover with small tears, pages with untrimmed edges are browning on edge, some pages have small watermark stains, pencil markings on front cover and content page, Complete.Illustrations Information: approx. 40 illustrations and many vintage advertisements! ----An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian----Articles and information:An Old Chester secret: A story in three parts (part I) -By Margaret Wade Campbell DelandPoem: Old trees -By Mary Brent WhitesideMarseilles, the bridgehead of the Levant -By Herbert Adams GibbonsNew nonsense novels: The split in the cabinet, or the fate of England (an English… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: Richard Bentley, 1849. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A pocket-sized edition of James' historical novel. George Payne Rainsford James (1799-1860) was a writer of novels and histories, serving as British Historiographer Royal for King William IV. His most famous work was 'Richelieu: A Tale of France'; 'Darnley' was his third novel, published after 'Richelieu', originally in three volumes. 'Darnley' takes Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545-1557) as its subject, the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots.This edition is complete in one.Illustrated with a full plate frontispiece. In a half calf binding. Externally a trifle rubbed, particularly to the spine and raised bands with a little loss to the leather. Internally firmly bound, pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot more prominent to the first pages, a small tear of about an inch to the title page. Very Good

London: Strahan and Company, 1869. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good +. TEMPORARILY DISCOUNTED. WAS $425. NOW $100. A Very Good + copy of the first edition, first printing, in book form bound in three-quarters brown leather and marbled boards, and with the leather having inner borders decorated with double gilt lines, the spines being lettered and decorated in gilt with the title, author name, volume numbers being on green leather blocks, and the top edge of each volume's close page block in gilt as well. The leather shows some modest rubbing at the edges and Volume I is bound without a half-title. The work is illustrated with sixty-four (64) illustrations by Marcus Stone (thirty-two being full plates printed separately and thirty-two being vignettes printed with the text and incorporating the initial letters to the thirty-two chapters they head. [In Volume I, the List of Illustrations calls for the Plate titled "The Full Mood at St. Diddulphs" at page 256 but it is… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. Henry James (1843-1916) wrote this most intriguing of the late novels just prior to "The Wings of the Dove" and "The Ambassadors." This tale of sexual energy baffled many of the earlier critics, but now receives more serious scrutiny. This is a Near Fine copy of the First American Edition, which precedes the English version. Not common. Smooth tan cloth binding, ruled and lettered in gilt. Clean text; 319 pages. There is a bookplate on the front paste-down and a signature/stamp opposite the Title Page, else a Fine copy. There is no dustjacket; rather, this copy is protected by a custom slipcase with a leather spine; ruled, with four raised bands, all filled with gilt. The open side of the slipcase and the head and foot of the spine have some rubbing; still, an attractive item. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First American Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

2 volumes. i-[x]-251 pages; 234+[6 ad] pages. Small octavo (7 1/4" x 4 1/2") bound in full leather with black label to spine in gilt lettering. (BAL: 3844) First American edition. Published in London first in the same year.Cooper was one of the most popular 19th-century American authors, and his work was admired greatly throughout the world. While on his death bed, the Austrian composer Franz Schubert wanted most to read more of Cooper's novels. Honoré de Balzac, the French novelist and playwright, admired him greatly. Henry David Thoreau, while attending Harvard, incorporated some of Cooper's style in his own work. Cooper was one of the first major American novelists to include African, African-American and Native American characters in his works. In particular, Native Americans play central roles in his Leatherstocking tales. However, his treatment of this group is complex and highlights the tenuous relationship between frontier settlers and American Indians as exemplified in , depicting a captured… Read More