Stories Revived: In Three Volumes.
by JAMES, Henry
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- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, California, United States
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About This Item
London: MacMillan and Co, 1885. First edition. Three octavo volumes. 7 3/8 x 4 15/16 inches, 189 x 127 mm). [8], 280; [8, including preliminary blank], 280; [8, including preliminary blank], 269, [1, blank], [2, publisher's advertisements] pp.
BAL binding "C", no priority. Full green cloth. Boards triple-ruled in black ink, spines stamped and lettered in gilt. Blue patterned endpapers. Top edges green. Mostly unopened. Each volume with a old library bookplate from "Library of the Supreme Council, 33...Washington, D.C.." on front paste-down. With some minor professional restoration to the spines of each volume. Some glue residue to inner margin of final leaf of volume I. Back free endpaper of volume II a bit chipped along edges, and with some professional repairs. Preliminary blank of volume III with a one-inch closed tear to outer margin, and inner hinges with some repair. Outer front corners of volume III a bit bumped. Overall a very nice set with bright gilt spines. Housed in a custom slipcase.
This set contains: The Author of 'Beltraffio', Pandora, The Path of Duty, A Light Man, A Day of Days, Georgina's Reasons, A Passionate Pilgrim, A Landscape-Painter, Rose-Agathe, Poor Richard, The Last of the Valerii, Master Eustace, The Romance of Certain Old Clothes, and A most Extraordinary Case.
BAL 10573. Edel and Laurence A27.
HBS 64951.
$3,500.
BAL binding "C", no priority. Full green cloth. Boards triple-ruled in black ink, spines stamped and lettered in gilt. Blue patterned endpapers. Top edges green. Mostly unopened. Each volume with a old library bookplate from "Library of the Supreme Council, 33...Washington, D.C.." on front paste-down. With some minor professional restoration to the spines of each volume. Some glue residue to inner margin of final leaf of volume I. Back free endpaper of volume II a bit chipped along edges, and with some professional repairs. Preliminary blank of volume III with a one-inch closed tear to outer margin, and inner hinges with some repair. Outer front corners of volume III a bit bumped. Overall a very nice set with bright gilt spines. Housed in a custom slipcase.
This set contains: The Author of 'Beltraffio', Pandora, The Path of Duty, A Light Man, A Day of Days, Georgina's Reasons, A Passionate Pilgrim, A Landscape-Painter, Rose-Agathe, Poor Richard, The Last of the Valerii, Master Eustace, The Romance of Certain Old Clothes, and A most Extraordinary Case.
BAL 10573. Edel and Laurence A27.
HBS 64951.
$3,500.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heritage Book Shop, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64951
- Title
- Stories Revived
- Author
- JAMES, Henry
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- MacMillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1885
- Keywords
- American Literature|Nineteenth-Century Literature
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About Heritage Book Shop, LLC
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