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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

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