By Henry James Jr.
London   Macmillan
8" by 5.5" 6-350, 38 [2]pp
The uncommon first authorised UK edition of Henry James's late nineteenth century social comedy, about a gauche American businessman's first tour of Europe.
By Henry James Jr.

1879 The American

London   Macmillan
8" by 5.5" 6-350, 38 [2]pp
The uncommon first authorised UK edition of Henry James's late nineteenth century social comedy, about a gauche American businessman's first tour of Europe.
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Description

First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, Uncommon

First published serially in The Atlantic Monthly from 1876-77, this is the first authorised UK edition in book form of this work, predated by a pirated UK edition in 1877.

The first issue of this authorised edition, with the publisher's catalogue dated November 1878.

Major literary figure Henry James - author of such works as 'The Turn of the Screw' and 'The Ambassadors' - presents an uneasy combination of the social comedy and melodrama, in which American businessman Christopher Newman courts a young Parisian widow from an aristocratic family.

With the inscription of J. D. Wright to the verso of the front free endpaper, and with the inscription of Norman Paxton to the half title.

With forty pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear.

An exceptionally lovely copy of this early edition.

Condition

Rebacked, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with back strip laid down and boards restored. Retaining the original endpapers. Externally, exceptionally smart. Small closed tear to head of front free endpaper. Inscriptions to verso of front free endpaper, and half title. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright, and just a touch age toned to perimeters. The occasional light pencil mark and annotation throughout.

Very Good Indeed

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