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JAMES Jr Henry. Roderick Hudson. James R Osgood & Co 1876, 1876.
Price: US$166.75 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: original cloth, spine bumped and chipped with loss at head, corners rubbed, minor spotting, good. the authors first novel; 482 pages; keywords: fiction; Edel and Laurence A3 (a variant with Houghton, Mifflin & Co at base of spine)
Seller: Tiger books, Canterbury, United Kingdom
James, Henry. Roderick Hudson. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1876.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo bound in brown cloth. First edition, first issue, with J.R. Osgood at tail of spine. Brown endpapers and pastedowns. Very Good with a lean to spine, mild rubbing to corners and head and tail of spine. Front pastedown has a small rectangle abrasion perhaps from the removal of a bookplate. Moderate soiling to rear endpaper and pastedown. Nonetheless, an attractive copy of a James rarity. 482 pp. [+4]
Seller: Mausoleum Books, Glendale, CA, U.S.A.
James, Henry. RODERICK HUDSON. James R. Osgood, Boston, 1876.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, [i-iv], [1]-482 pages. In Fair condition. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Boards have heavy splitting to rear joint exposing material under cloth, partial splitting to front joint, rubbing to corners exposing boards, fraying and tearing to spine edges, and moderate edge wear and shelf wear. Textblock has bookplate on front pastedown, light age toning, mild to moderate foxing to pages, damp staining to pages, splitting to rear interior hinge, and red stain on rear pastedown. Shelved Room A. BAL 10531. 1372672. Special Collections.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
James, Henry Jr.. Roderick Hudson. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1876.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Third state of James' first novel with Houghton, Osgood & Co. at the tail of the spine, hardcover in clay red cloth over bevel edged boards, with gilt stamped titling and decoration to the spine, and blind stamped borders to the covers. The hinges appear to have been neatly repaired, and the binding is at a lean with a couple of light cracks internally. The book also has bumps with some fraying and loss to the cloth at the spine ends and cover corners, small areas of mottling and soiling to the cloth, sunning to the spine and head, slight shelfwear to the edges, and previous owners' names to the front end pages with brief bookseller marks to the rear paste down. Otherwise, this is a solid, Good only copy in a protective, slightly rubbed Mylar, and housed in a custom made slipcase, which has some slight wear to the extremities, and mild fading to the edges. Additional images are available upon request.
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
JAMES, Henry.. Roderick Hudson.. Boston: James R. Osgood & Company, 1876, 1876.
Price: US$1090.27 + shipping
Description: First edition in book form of the author's first novel. It was originally printed in serial form in the Atlantic Monthly between January and December 1875 before being published in book form in 1876. The book introduced the character of Christina Light, who reappeared as the protagonist in the 1886 novel The Princess Casamassima. Edel & Laurence A3a; Supino 3.2.0. Octavo. Original reddish-brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, brown coated endpapers. Housed in blue cloth chemise within quarter morocco slipcase. A little soiled and rubbed with a few peripheral nicks, contents a little toned and shaken: a very good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
James, Henry. Roderick Hudson.. James R. Osgood and Company, New York, 1876.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of one of James' earliest novels. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box. An exceptional presentation. Roderick Hudson is a novel by Henry James. Originally published between January and December 1875 as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly, it is a bildungsroman that traces the development of the title character, a sculptor.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.