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"Live all you can; it's a mistake not to": First American Edition of Henry James' The Ambassadors
JAMES, HENRY.
The Ambassadors.
New York : Harper & Brothers 1903.
First American edition of this dark comedy, which Henry James considered his finest work. Octavo, original cloth, gilt topstain. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light toning to the spine. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 55023
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"You know as well as you sit there that you'd put a pistol-ball into your brain if you had written my books!" First Edition of Henry James' The Lesson of the Master
JAMES, HENRY.
The Lesson of the Master.
New York and London: Macmillan & Co 1892.
First edition of this novella, which tells the story of a young writer, Paul Overt, who meets Henry St. George, a famous novelist Overt admires. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition, contemporary name to the title page. A very sharp example with the spine gilt fresh.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 78023
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First Edition of Henry James' The Real Thing
JAMES, HENRY.
The Real Thing.
New York and London: Macmillan & Co 1893.
First edition, second issue of one of James’ neatest tales. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities, small tear to the front free endpaper.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 78041
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First Edition of Henry James' View and Reviews
JAMES, HENRY.
Views and Reviews: Now First Collected.
Boston: The Ball Publishing Company 1908.
First edition of this series of literary essays written in James’ earlier style. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine, gilt topstain. Introduction by Le Roy Phillips. In near fine condition. A very bright example.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 78043
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"Oh blest Other House, which gives me thus at every step a precedent, a divine little light to walk by": First Edition of Henry James' The Other House
JAMES, HENRY.
The Other House.
New York: The Macmillan Company 1896.
First American edition of this terse and startling novel, written just before The Spoils of Poynton and What Maisie Knew, is the story of a struggle for possession—and of its devastating consequences.. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 80007
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First Edition of Henry James' The Outcry
JAMES, HENRY.
The Outcry.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1911.
First American edition, published simultaneously with the British edition of James’ final novel. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition, bookplate, library markings in pen to the first three pages. A very sharp example.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 80037
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First Edition of Henry James' The Private Life, Lord Beaupre, and The Visits
JAMES, HENRY.
The Private Life, Lord Beaupre, The Visits.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1893.
First edition of this collection of novellas published at the height of James’ career. Octavo, original illustrated cloth, in near fine condition.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 80104
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First Edition Henry James' The Question of our Speech From the Library of Carl Van Vechten
JAMES, HENRY.
The Question of Speech and The Lessons of Balzac: Two Lectures.
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company 1905.
First edition of this publication of two notable speeches delivered by Henry James at Bryn Mawr College and the Contemporary Club of Philadelphia in 1905. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. From the library of Carl Van Vechten with his ownership signature to the front panel “Carl Van Vechten New York May 24 – 1919” and bookplate to the rear panel. Carl Van Vechten was an American writer and photographer, a major patron of the Harlem Renaissance, and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein. In near fine condition. A unique example with noted provenance.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 80106