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James, Henry. French Poets and Novelists. Macmillan & Co., London, 1878.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Macmillan & Co., London, 1878. Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition. 8vo. Publisher's navy cloth, front marred by library rules ahered to cover, gilt lettered to spine, libary marking, backstrip loose/free binding split in half (p 224-225), endpapers soiled and spotted, with library markings (Peabody. Inst), only mild occasional spotting to contents, text block is generally clean. The first appearance of this collection from Henry James, three essays had previously appeared in American periodicals, here with five further chapters.
Seller: Douglas Park Media, Brunswick, ME, U.S.A.
James, Henry.. FRENCH POETS AND NOVELISTS.. (London: Macmillan, 1878)., 1878.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, original cloth, spine ends bit worn, one short tear from the top right side of spine down an inch, 439pp. BAL 10534. First Edition. A Good+ copy.
Seller: Steve Finer - Rare Books, Greenfield, MA, U.S.A.
James, Henry. French Poets and Novelists. London: Macmillan and Co., 1878, 1878.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Description: Hardcover. Sm 8vo (7.5" x 5"), dark-blue cloth, gilt spine. 439 pp. Previous owner inscription in blue ink "Douglas Whyte, July 20, 1950" on ffep. CONDITION: Very good, covers slightly rubbed, offsetting on pastedowns and endpapers, rear inner hinge cracked but binding sound. First edition, first printing.
Seller: James Arsenault & Company, ABAA, Arrowsic, ME, U.S.A.
JAMES, Henry, Jr.. French Poets and Novelists. Macmillan and Co, London, 1878.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. 439pp. Dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Page 280 incorrectly numbered as 80. Owner's bookplate on front pastedown, hinges cracked, endpapers foxed with crack in rear, tears on front joint with spine ends bumped, a good only copy with some pencil marginalia. Some of these essays originally appeared in periodicals. Essays on Alfred De Musset, Theophile Gautier, Charles Baudelaire, Honoré De Balzac, Balzac's Letters, George Sand, Charels De Bernard and Gustave Flaubert, Ivan Turgénieff, The Two Ampères, Madame De Sabran, Mérimée's Letters, The Théâtre Français.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$137.76 + shipping
Description: Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Spine slightly worn and loose. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 3 preliminary leaves, 439 pages ; 20 cm. Subjects; Novelists, French 19th century. French fiction 19th century History and criticism. French literature 19th century History and criticism. Authors, French. Authors, French 19th century. French novelists. French works. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
JAMES, Henry.. French Poets And Novelists.. Macmillan and Co., London, 1878.
Price: US$150.31 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo., orig. dark green blue cloth, 439pp. Name, head of the spine chipped away o/w a nice copy. Edel & Laurence A5a.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Henry James. French Poets and Novelists. Macmillan, London, 1878.
Price: US$153.99 + shipping
Description: A very smart copy of the first edition of this fascinating work of literary criticism by Henry James. The first edition of this work, which was James's first work of literary criticism.Structured as a series of essays, the work reveals James's deep familiarity with French poetry and literature, which he began reading from a young age.The work includes two lengthy essays on the novelist James regarded as his most important mentor, Honore de Balzac. With a discussion of Russian author Ivan Turgenev also present. Edel, A5a. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with small losses of cloth in these regions. Light fading and tide marks to boards. 'First Ed' stamp to head of front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright, with only the odd spot, and one or two neat pencil notations to margins. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Description: Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Spine slightly worn and loose. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 3 preliminary leaves, 439 pages ; 20 cm. Subjects; Novelists, French 19th century. French fiction 19th century History and criticism. French literature 19th century History and criticism. Authors, French. Authors, French 19th century. French novelists. French works. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
JAMES JR., HENRY. French Poets and Novelists. Macmillan, London, 1878.
Price: US$244.26 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Spine a little darkened, some light rippling to the cloth on the front board. Outer page edges a little browned. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada