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"She was so deeply impressed by his grandeur that she thought it impossible to do him honor enough": Henry James' The Last of the Valerii; one of one hundred numbered copies
JAMES, Henry.
The Last of the Valerii.
London: Boydell Press, 1974.
Limited Artists' Book edition of Henry James' The Last of the Valerii. Number 46 of one hundred numbered copies printed on Wookey Hole handmade paper by John Baskett in 16 point Blado italic font, the same font used in the original publication in The Atlantic Monthly for January 1874. Frontispiece by Julia Trevelyan Oman. Octavo, gilt title and tooling spine and front panel. In fine condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 81263
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First American Edition of Henry James' The Ivory Tower
JAMES, Henry.
The Ivory Tower.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917.
First British edition of James' unfinished novel, published posthumously in 1917. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 109563
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"THIS WAS NEITHER MORE NOR LESS THAT THE QUEER EXTENSION OF HER EXPERIENCE, THE DOUBLE LIFE THAT, IN THE CAGE, SHE GREW AT LAST TO LEAD": FIRST EDITION OF HENRY JAMES' IN THE CAGE; From the library of American suffragette Florence Humphrey
JAMES, Henry.
In The Cage.
London: Duckworth and Co, 1898.
First edition of this classic Henry James novel. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. From the library of American suffragette Florence Humphrey with her bookplate to the pastedown.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 109587
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"We had, in silence, a little luminous talk about it, in the course of which she seemed to tell me the most interesting things": First edition of Henry James' The Soft Side
JAMES, Henry.
The Soft Side.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1900.
First edition of this collection of James' novellas. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 101016
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First Edition of Henry James' Within the Rim and other Essays, 1914-15
JAMES, Henry.
Within the Rim and Other Essays, 1914-15.
London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd, 1918.
First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In very good condition. BAL 10702.
Price: $65.00 Item Number: 110471
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“I'm yours for ever--for ever and ever": First Edition of Henry James' The Portrait of a Lady; One of only 750 Copies
JAMES, Henry.
The Portrait of a Lady.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1881.
First edition, first issue, one of only 750 copies of the last and most accomplished work of fiction during James’ apprentice years. Octavo, three volumes, original cloth. In near fine condition with volume one rebacked with original spine laid down. Housed in a custom half clamshell and chemises box. Rare and desirable, especially in this condition.
Price: $40,000.00 Item Number: 128496
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First edition of Henry James' Italian Hours; inscribed by him to Edmund and Ellen Gosse and later from the library of famed children's book author Maurice Sendak
JAMES, Henry.
Italian Hours.
London: William Heinemann, 1909.
First edition, one of 1000 copies printed of James' classic book of travel writing, wonderfully illustrated by Joseph Pennell. Quarto, original cloth decorated in gilt, top edge gilt. Illustrated by Joseph Pennell with 32 tissue-guarded color plates. Association copy, inscribed by Henry James on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "To Edmund and Nelly Gosse their all, faithful old friend Henry James December 4th 1909." The recipients, English poet, author, and critic Edmund Gosse and his wife, Pre-Raphaelite painter Ellen Gosse were two of James' closest and longest-standing friends. James and Edmund exchanged more than 400 letters…
Price: $12,000.00 Item Number: 135623
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First edition of Henry James' The Princess Casamassima: A Novel; an exceptional example from the libraries of Barton Currie and later Maurice Sendak
JAMES, Henry.
The Princess Casamassima: A Novel.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1886.
First edition in book form of one of James's "three formidable novels" published in the 1880s along with The Bostonians and The Tragic Muse. Octavo, three volumes, original publisher's cloth with gilt titles to the spine, half-titles, 2 pages of advertisements at rear of vols. II and III. From the library of Barton Currie with his bookplate to the pastedown and later Maurice Sendak, although not marked. American journalist, author, and book collector Barton Currie contributed hundreds of articles and stories for publications such as New York Evening World, New York Evening Sun, Harper's Weekly and Good Housekeeping in the…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 135364
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“Her memory's your love. You want no other”: First Edition of Henry James' The Wings of Dove
JAMES, Henry.
The Wings of the Dove.
London: Westminster and Archibald Constable & Co, 1902.
First edition of Henry James' landmark novel. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition, name to the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 142275
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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. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light toning to the spine.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 142170
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First Edition of Henry James' Roderick Hudson
JAMES, Henry.
Roderick Hudson.
New York: James R. Osgood and Company, 1876.
First edition of one of James' earliest novels. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 142180
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First edition of Henry James' The Princess Casamassima: A Novel
JAMES, Henry.
The Princess Casamassima: A Novel.
New York: Macmillan and Co, 1886.
First American edition of one of James's "three formidable novels" published in the 1880s along with The Bostonians and The Tragic Muse. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. In near fine condition, name opposite the half-title page. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell case.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 143493
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Rare complete set of all thirteen volumes of widely celebrated Victorian literary and artistic periodical The Yellow Book
JAMES, Henry; Kenneth Grahame; Baron Corvo; Hubert Crackanthorpe; John Davidson; Ella D'Arcy; Ada Leverson; H.G. Wells; William Butler Yeats; et al.
The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly.
London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane, 1894-1897.
Complete set of all thirteen volumes of one of the most important periodicals of the 1890s, with contributions by Henry James, Max Beerbohm, Kenneth Grahame, H. G. Wells, and W. B. Yeats, among many others. First edition second issue, without book lists or publisher's announcements to rear. Octavo, thirteen volumes in the original publisher's yellow pictorial cloth stamped in black, cover designs by Aubrey Beardsley (Vols. 1-4), Ethel Reed, and Mabel Syrett, tissue-guarded illustrated title page to each volume, extensively illustrated with tissue-guarded plates by artists including Beardsley, Max Beerbohm, Laurence Housman, Joseph Pennell, William Rothenstein, and Walter Sickert. In…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 144075
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Rare Uncorrected Proof of P.D. James' Unnatural Causes; SIGNED BY P.D. JAMES
JAMES, P.D.
Unnatural Causes.
London: Faber and Faber, 1964.
Uncorrected proof of the author's third book. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by P.D. James on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 3717
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He knew with a sudden and heart-lifting certainty that they would meet again. And when that happened the right words would be found": First Edition of the Author’s First Book Cover Her Face; Lengthily Signed by P.D. James
JAMES, P.D.
Cover Her Face.
London: Faber and Faber, 1962.
First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original green cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the title page with the added words, "P.D. James He knew with a sudden and heart-lifting certainty that they would meet again. And when that happened the right words would be found." The inscription is the final lines of this novel. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by Charles Mozley. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A superior example with a nice inscription from the author.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 4325
