Daisy Miller: A Study. An International Episode. Four Meetings.
by Henry James
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$38.91A$31.13
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About This Item
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1879 Book. Good. Half-Cloth/Decorated Boards. Authorized Edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Tauchnitz edition of the novella by Henry James (1843-1916), first published in The Cornhill Magazine in 1878, together with two other short works: An International Episode and Four Meetings. Half-bound in brown cloth over paper covered marbled boards with gilt title to spine and brown endpapers. 288pp. Some rubbing to top of spine and pages 199-202 starting to pull from binding, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions..
Synopsis
Daisy Miller, an 1878 novella by Henry James, portrays the courtship of the beautiful American girl Daisy Miller by Winterbourne, a more sophisticated compatriot of hers. His pursuit of her is hampered by her own flirtatiousness, which is frowned upon by the other expatriates they meet in Switzerland and Italy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014949
- Title
- Daisy Miller: A Study. An International Episode. Four Meetings.
- Author
- Henry James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Authorized Edition
- Publisher
- Bernhard Tauchnitz
- Place of Publication
- Leipzig
- Date Published
- 1879
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾
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Washburn Books
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
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