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James, Henry. THE FINER GRAIN.. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1910.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Octavo,brown boards with gilt titles and rules on top cover, gilt titles on spine. 312 pages. A collection of five stories: The Velvet Glove, Mora Montravers, A Round of Visits, Crapy Cornelia, The Bench of Desolation. Spine has spotting and fading, interior is very good. No dust jacket. 021210A
Seller: Alkahest Books, Deerfield, IL, U.S.A.
James, Henry. The Finer Grain. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1910.
Price: US$21.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1910. Fair/good Hardback; first edition, no other printings indicated; 312 pages. Book is ex-library (Curtis Memorial, Brunswick, Maine) with usual library marks; Text is clean and tight, unmarked, square, flows well. Slight roll to spine but binding is solid, boards are solid but well worn. The wear on boards and many library marks make this fair not good.
Seller: Douglas Park Media, Brunswick, ME, U.S.A.
James, Henry. The Finer Grain. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910.
Price: US$24.60 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardback; first edition, no other printings indicated, top edge gilt; 312 pages. Book is ex-library with usual library marks; chipping to top and bottom of spine; staining to covers; library tape repair to front hinge inside front cover; text is clean and tight.
Seller: Pella Books, Pella, IA, U.S.A.
James, Henry. Finer Grain. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1910.
Price: US$36.30 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 312 pp. Spine faded and cocked, head and heel of spine bumped with fraying at head, page edges tanned, previous owner name on front free endpaper.
Seller: Anthology Booksellers, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
James, Henry. The Finer Grain. Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1910.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition with 1910 on title page and "Published October 1910" on co pyright page. Bound in light brown cloth with gold lettering & design. 12mo (5" X 7 3/4") size, 312 pp. A Very Good copy. Head of spine has a 2 1/2cm long closed vertical tear effecting the word "THE" in the ti tle. Base of spine has a tiny fray. Rear cover has a tiny 1cm round wh ite paint splotch else covers are clean. Content is clean, tight & unm arked.
Seller: Dearly Departed Books, Alliance, OH, U.S.A.
Henry James. The Finer Grain. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Covers worn. Bookplate inside front cover. Inscription on front endpaper. Front hinge cracked. Light pencil marking throughout. As-Is.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
James, Henry.. The Finer Grain.. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons., 1910.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. 312 pp. Very Good, Brown Decorative Cloth with sun-fading, minor stains, edge wear, & rubbing; end papers stained; minor shelf wear. Provenance: John Ruyle; his bookplate & that of previous owner on EP inside cover; previous owner's signature penciled on FFEP. First Edition.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
James, Henry. FINER GRAIN. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1910.
Price: US$68.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 312 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on binding. Spine sunned w/ light sunning to edges. Lightly soiled. Corners bumped. Mild wear to spine ends. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. Previous owner's name on front endpaper.
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
James, Henry. The Finer Grain. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1910.
Price: US$75.39 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12mo. Full black cloth. T.E.G. 312 pp. Spine sunned and tilted. Light wear to spine ends and corners, white scuff to tail edge of front board. Collection of James' classic long stories, including The Velvet Glove, Mora Montravers, A Round of Visits, Crapy Cornelia, and The Bench of Desolation.
Seller: Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, Canada
JAMES, Henry. THE FINER GRAIN. Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1910.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Description: Very Good (covers nice with very minor fading; contents clean & tight). 8vo., fine-grained olive cloth, stamped in gilt; top edge gilt; 312 pages
Seller: Antic Hay Books, Asbury Park, NJ, U.S.A.
JAMES, Henry. The Finer Grain. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1910.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Description: First printing. Octavo (20cm). Brown cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt; [viii],312pp; list of titles opposite half-title. Bookplate of Willow Glen, Wheeling, WV; contemporary inscription on f.f.e.p. Straight, lightly bumped at extremities, spine sunned, minor smudges to cloth and endpapers but generally clean: Very Good. Willow Glen was the home of Johnson Camden McKinley and Agra Bennett McKinley. All five stories in this collection appeared previously in the English Review, Harper's, or Putnam's Magazine. EDEL & LAURENCE A68. BAL 10671.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
James, Henry. The Finer Grain. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1910.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. BAL 10671; Edel A68 Original olive-brown sateen cloth. Spine faded (as usual), front flyleaf and pastedown dampstained, text untouched. Very good copy
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
James, Henry. The Finer Grain. Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1910.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1910 Charles Scribner's First American Edition, first printing in NF condition w/o a DJ. A very strong copy that is square and tight. There are minor bumps at the corners a tad of fading at the spine. The gilt is bright especially the title and top page edges.
Seller: Bren-Books, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
JAMES, Henry.. The Finer Grain.. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910., 1910.
Price: US$150.79 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo., orig. cloth, 312pp. Inner rear hinge cracked, spine faded o/w a nice copy. Edel & Laurence A68a.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
JAMES, Henry.. The Finer Grain.. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1910.
Price: US$188.48 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo., orig. cloth, 312pp. Inscription, spine slightly faded as usual o/w a fine copy. Edel & Laurence A68a.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Henry James. The Finer Grain. Charles Scribners & Co, 1910.
Price: US$199.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1910, First Edition. . In the Publishers original brown cloth binding with gold-gilt lettering to the front cover and spine. Copyright page shows publishing date of October, 1910 and the Scribner's seal. A collection of 5 tales: The Velvet Glove, Mora Montravers, A Round of Visits, Crapy Cornelia, The Bench of Desolation. Pages are yellowed from age, and some pages are slightly pulled from the spine, and there is a bit of underlining from prior owner.
Seller: Taylor & Baumann Books, LLC, Ridgefield, CT, U.S.A.
James, Henry. The Finer Grain. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1910.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. BAL 10671; Edel A68 Original olive-brown sateen cloth. Spine faded (as usual). Fine
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
James, Henry. The Finer Grain. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1910.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near Fine in a Good jacket, unclipped ($1.25 net on the spine), generally toned and soiled, scribble at the bottom-right corner of the front panel, multiple chips and tears at the edges. Grey cloth on the boards with gilt lettering and rules on the spine and front board. Firmly bound with a forward lean, gilt top edge, toned at the endpapers, clean otherwise. A collection of five previously published Henry James stories, printed here with minor revisions from their serial publications. This copy comes from the personal collection of Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Maurice Sendak.
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.