Henry James The Untried Years 1843-1870.
£20.00
Publisher
Rupert Hart-Davis 36 Soho Square W1.
Place
London
Date
1953
Item Description
FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. 356 pp. Bound in original cloth, gilt, in dust wrapper, which has sunned spine and edge chip at head of spine. Top edge red (but faded). Extremities a little worn, but otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by 8 black and white photographic plates, including portrait frontispiece. Decorated by publisher's device on title page. The first volume (out of five, published 1953-72), of the life of Henry James, by Leon Edel (1907-97), US/Canadian literary critic and biographer who was the foremost scholar on the life and works of the author.
[Stock No. 27347]
