11-15-200911-15-2009
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2483Boston
November 15, 2009 11:00 AMCalender
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James, Henry (1843-1916)

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$593$500
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2483Location: BostonDate / Time: November 15, 2009 11:00AM

Description:

James, Henry (1843-1916), Six first edition titles in nine volumes, comprising: Roderick Hudson, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1876 (1875),plain red-brown cloth; The American, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1877, plain green cloth; The Tragic Muse, Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1890, in two volumes, green cloth; Terminations, London: William Heinemann, 1895, blind floral embossed blue cloth; The Awkward Age, two copies, one New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1899, brown cloth, the other London: William Heinemann, 1899, blind floral embossed blue cloth; and The Sacred Fount, two copies, one London: Methuen & Co., 1901, first state, ads dated November 1900, in floral blind embossed red cloth, the other New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901, dark tan cloth, all 8vo, (some bumping and chipping, minor age toning, starting, with some loose gathers).
Estimate $300-500

Keywords

James R. Osgood, London, Roderick Hudson, Muse, William Heinemann, Charles Scribner, Methuen & Co.