Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
James, Henry. The Real Thing And Other Tales. MacMillan, New York & London, 1893.
Price: US$8.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Condition is good minus. Circulation sign up sheet for the Ingleside Book Club pasted to the front free endpaper. Their ink stamp on title page. Rear inner hinge is badly cracked with just a strip of fabric remaining. Front inner hinge is cracked. Book is cocked. Spine has slight wear to the ends and is darkened. Separate private owner information written on front endpaper. ; First edition, issue 2. BAL 10600.
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
James, Henry. The Real Thing and Other Tales. Macmillan & Co., New York, 1893.
Price: US$29.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Macmillan & Co, New York and London, 1893. First edition. Fair. Octavo, original cloth. Slight rubbing to the extremities, rear board is loose, separated from spine from head piece to about half-way down spine, spine is slightly rolled; this along with many library markings (Gardiner, Maine), and two small tears to page 3 previously repaired with tape lead to fair. Otherwise text block is good, square, flows well. 275 pp with two pages of advert at rear. Rear paste-down shows markings where library sleeve removed. First syndicated by S. S. McClure in multiple American newspapers and then published in the British publication Black and White in April 1892 and the following year as the title story in the collection, The Real Thing and Other Stories published by Macmillan. Frontmatter contains "Note. The second of the following tales bore, on its first appearance, in The Cosmopolitan, a different title."
Seller: Douglas Park Media, Brunswick, ME, U.S.A.
James, Henry. Real Thing and Other Tales. Macmillan, New York, 1893.
Price: US$36.30 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 275 pp. Spine slightly cocked, rubbed and worn, with small chips and fraying at head and heel, a few small faint stains; covers a bit soiled and darkened, corners of boards bumped and lightly frayed, binding tender, page edges tanned, previous owner names (two) on front free endpaper.
Seller: Anthology Booksellers, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
James, Henry. Real Thing; And Other Tales. Macmillan, New York, 1893.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: 12mo. 275, [2] pp. Cloth binding, gilt lettering, cover design, no jacket, good copy. (94878g).
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
James, Henry. THE REAL THING AND OTHER TALES. Macmillan and Co, New York, 1893.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 275 pages. In Good plus condition. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Boards have rubbing to corners and along edges, slight tearing to spine edges, and mild edge wear and shelf wear. Binding somewhat loose. Textblock has light age toning, writing in pen on front endpaper, and brown stain on forward pages. Shelved Room A. 1372583. Special Collections.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
James, Henry. The Real Thing. Macmillan & Co., 1893.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Macmillan & Co., 1893. Sm 8vo. 275 pp. First edition. Teal cloth with red circular decorations on the front board along with the title and author's name in black. Gilt lettering to the spine. Minor wear to the corner and spine extremities. A very good copy.
Seller: Paul Johnson Fine Books, IOBA, Temecula, CA, U.S.A.
James, Henry. The Real Thing and Other Tales. The MacMillan and Co. - New York, 1893.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Olive green cloth to boards with black and red titling and design to front and bright gilt lettering to spine. Book is tight, square, sharp-cornered and free of major flaws or markings inside and out, other than the name Dreier to FFEP and a minor stain to corner of back cover. Stated as Re-Printed in July of 1893 on copyright page. First Edition, second or third printing.
Seller: Barberry Lane Booksellers, Bar Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.09 + shipping
Description: 275pp, publisher's advert leaf for other James works. Rebound in later 20th Century ½ calf gilt, raised bands, decorated compartments, spine lettered direct, marbled boards.
Seller: John Turton, Crook, United Kingdom
James, Henry. The Real Thing. Macmillan and Co., New York, 1893.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first American edition, published by Macmillan and Co. in 1893. A collection of James' shorter works, including early supernatural tales. Bound in publisher's blue cloth. A very good copy with light edgewear and rubbing to the spine.White smudge to upper edge of front board. Prior owner's name and date ( 3/31/93) -three weeks after its release date.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
James, Henry. The Real Thing.. Macmillan & Co, New York and London, 1893.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, second issue of one of James' neatest tales. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities, small tear to the front free endpaper. First syndicated by S. S. McClure in multiple American newspapers and then published in the British publication Black and White in April 1892 and the following year as the title story in the collection, The Real Thing and Other Stories published by Macmillan. This story, often read as a parable, plays with the reality-illusion dichotomy that fascinated James, especially in the later stages of his career. For the illustrator who narrates the story, the genuine article proves all too useless for his commercial purposes. The story portrays the unfortunate victims of a society in which reality and representation are closely intertwined in ways that make art a difficult project to untangle the two.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
James, Henry. The Real Thing.. Macmillan & Co, New York and London, 1893.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of this fine collection of James' tales. Octavo, original decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition. First syndicated by S. S. McClure in multiple American newspapers and then published in the British publication Black and White in April 1892 and the following year as the title story in the collection, The Real Thing and Other Stories published by Macmillan. This story, often read as a parable, plays with the reality-illusion dichotomy that fascinated James, especially in the later stages of his career. For the illustrator who narrates the story, the genuine article proves all too useless for his commercial purposes. The story portrays the unfortunate victims of a society in which reality and representation are closely intertwined in ways that make art a difficult project to untangle the two.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
James, Henry. The Real Thing & Other Tales. New York & London: Macmillan & Co., 1893.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This copy is a first edition, second issue with the cancel title page. Condition: light rubbing to spine ends & edges of cloth binding. Binding is also slightly soiled with a small white spot on the front cover near the fore-edge and a bit of age-darkening to the spine. Internally, the book is about fine. Overall, a very good copy. No illustrations. Pages: 275 plus two-page list of author's works published by Macmillan.
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
James, Henry. The Real Thing And Other Tales. Macmillan and Co, New York, 1893.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small octavo, 275pp, [2]. Teal blue cloth, title in gilt on spine, front board features maroon detailing and title in black. No additional printings listed, and variant title page present (1893). Solid text block, faint foxing to leaves, toning to endpapers, sunning to spine, a touch of wear to corners, a very good example.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.