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James, Henry. The Ambassadors. Methuen & Co, London, 1903.
Price: US$109.50 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 8vo. Pp 458. 38 page publisher's list dated July 1903. Original cloth, soiled and with wear to head of spine; 2 pin holes in the gutter of the front hinge. Spine darkened; and boards grubby. Foxing throughout. Otherwise a tight copy.
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom
James, Henry (1843-1916). The ambassadors / by Henry James. London : Methuen & Co., 1903.
Price: US$138.11 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in contemporary gilt-blocked cloth. Provenance: W.H. Smith subscription label. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 458 p. ; 20 cm. Notes; First English edition. Includes 38 p. of publishers advertisements at rear of item. Subjects; American literature 20th century. Americans France ; Fiction. Man-woman relationships ; Fiction. Young men ; Fiction. Fiction in English. American Literature Prose Fiction 19th Century. Paris (France) ; Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
JAMES, Henry.. The Ambassadors.. London: Methuen & Co., 1903., 1903.
Price: US$301.63 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo., orig. crimson cloth, 458, 38pp. ads dated "July 1903." Edel A58a. Some foxing, heavier on the preliminary leaves, wear to spine ends and front spine gutter a good copy.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
James, Henry.. The Ambassadors.. London: Methuen., 1903.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. 458 pp. Very Good, Red Decorative Cloth with sun-fading, minor stains, edge wear, & rubbing on boards; wear along spine; splitting of EPs along gutters; minor foxing and stains in some portions of text block; extensive notes penciled in back of volume facing BEP; minor shelf wear. Provenance: John Ruyle; bookplate inside cover and stamps throughout indicate this volume is a former library book. Mylar Jacket. First Edition.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Henry James. The Ambassadors. Methuen & Co, London, 1903.
Price: US$508.86 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first edition of one of Henry James's most celebrated novels, a dark comedy about protagonist Lewis Lambert Strether's trip to Europe. The first edition in book form of this work, which first appeared serially in the North American Review.Edel & Laurence A58a. The first printing - with publisher's catalogue dated July 1903 - of which 3,500 copies were produced.An inspiration for Patricia Highsmith's 'The Talented Mr. Ripley', James's novel follows the protagonist as travels to Europe to fetch the son of his fiancee, and bring him into the family business. In the 'New York Edition' preface, Henry James proclaimed The Ambassadors as the best of his novels. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, bright. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with teat to back strip head, and head of front joint starting. Boards bright. Hinges strained, but firmly held. 'First Ed.' stamp to head of front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned, but clean. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Henry James. The Ambassadors. Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1903.
Price: US$1050.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First American edition with "Published November 1903" on copyright. No jacket. Dark blue cloth over boards with gilded letters and lines on the spine. Gilded top edge and deckled long and lower edges. Front lower right corner just bumped, others fine. Some light scuffing to corners and at head/tail of spine. Shallow closed tear on title page, otherwise the interior is fine with a very strong spine. Considered by Henry James to be his best work, The Ambassadors has a complex publishing history. First sereialized in the North American Review (Jan-Dec 1903), James had inteded it to be simultaneously bound in London (Methuen) and New York (Harpers). However, with limited copies and an incomplete copy from the NAR, the London edition completed early, but mis-ordered certain chapters. This was corrected in the New York edition, which was heavily reviewed by James. However, it was later argued that the Metheun edition had the better order of storytelling and subsequent editions in the later 20th century again changed the order of some chapters. Here is the edition, as originaly intended and reviewed by Henry James. From the private library of Maurice Sendak with laid in paper documenting its sale. Maurice Sendak was a celebrated children's author and illustrator known for multiple works including, "Where the Wild Things Are." Pages:(2) 432 Dimensions:8½ x 5¾ x 1½ .
Seller: John and Tabitha's Kerriosity Bookshop, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.