James, Henry. The Golden Bowl : First printing. Methuen & Co., London, United Kingdom, 1905.

Price: US$115.22 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: True first British printing. No jacket as issued. Complete in one volume. 548 pages plus publisher's 40 page catalogue to rear (dated March 1905 - the earliest issue). Blue boards with gold lettering to spine and front are only good with pushing/bumping to corners, one hole/split to the cloth (approx. 2cms by 1cm) to spine with binding showing, numerous marks, patchy fading (mainly to front), patchy bumping/rubbing to edges, a few small scratches and wear (pushing/rubbing/little loss/splits to the cloth/bumping) to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight (bit pulled in places with webbing showing - however book is not in danger of falling apart). Rough cut page bottoms. Previous owner's bookplate inside front board. Pages tanned. Odd small marks/minor foxing/small scratches to page edges, tops and bottoms. Occasional marks/scattered foxing to pages (especially to end-papers and first and last few pages). Light creases to a few pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

Seller: PW Books, Andover, HANTS, United Kingdom

Henry James. The Golden Bowl. Methuen & Co, London, 1905.

Price: US$569.98 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A scarce to see first U.K. edition of 'The Golden Bowl', published only a few months after the first U.S. edition. The scarce first U.K. edition of this work, first impression, this UK first edition is complete in one volume.Forty pages of publisher's adverts to the rear, dated February 1905.Half-title is present.Henry James' brilliant novel 'The Golden Bowl' offers an intensive study of marriage and adultery. Set in England at the turn of the century, the reader follows the marriage of the charismatic Italian nobleman Prince Amerigo and his wife Maggie Verver, the only child of a very wealthy American financier and art collector.This is generally considered to be one of James' best works.Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper, 'Mayard Guthrie, From D. G., Oct 27 1909'. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. A few minor marks to the boards. Light rubbing to the joints. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Cockling to the tail of the front board. Hinges are starting but firm. A little wear to the paste downs, with evidence of formerly adhered labels being removed. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the occasional spot only. Very Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom