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Henry James. The Wings of the Dove. Archibald Constable, 1902.
Price: US$89.66 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Lacks dustwrapper, decorative blue cloth boards are rubbed especially to corners and top and bottom of spine with some bumping to corners. There is a subscriptions libary sticker to front pastedown and the front hinge is showing the webbing and is slightly loose. The text is complete with no loose pages but has clearly been well read with some soling to edge of text block. Good reading copy. Heavy book, will require additional postage outside the UK.
Seller: Red-books ( Member of P.B.F.A. ), Hanley Swan, United Kingdom
Henry James. The Wings of the Dove. Archibald Constable and Co., Westminster, 1902.
Price: US$153.70 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The UK first edition of Henry James' most critically lauded work. A rebound copy of the UK first edition of this Henry James novel. This edition was released nine days after the work was first published in America.This 1902 novel tells the tale of Milly Theale, an American heiress with a serious illness, and her effect on those around her. Some of her acquaintances have honourable intentions, and others plot to seize control of her wealth. Milly is based upon James' own cousin, Minny Temple, who died of tuberculosis. In his autobiography, James explains this work was created to surround her memory with the 'beauty and dignity of art'.This is perhaps James' most positively critically reviewed work, and The Modern Library ranked it 26th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Rebound in cloth, without the publisher's catalogue to the rear. Some marks to boards, with discolouration to spine. Small patches of fraying to front and rear joints at head of spine. Shelf wear to spine head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Some spotting to the first few pages, otherwise clean and bright. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Henry James. The Wings of The Dove. Archibald Constable & Co, London, 1902.
Price: US$320.22 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good copy; slight fraying to spine; some foxing to pastedowns; One of 4000 copies printed in 1902. A very handsome copy.
Seller: No. 5 Rare Books, Caistor, United Kingdom
JAMES, Henry. The Wings of the Dove [Presentation Copy]. Archibald Constable, Westminster, 1902.
Price: US$960.65 + shipping
Description: Rare presentation copy with Publisher's blindstamp to front endpaper "Presented/by/Archibald Constable/& Co]. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Ads at rear. Blue boards with gilt titles. A very good+ copy. Clean boards with light wear only. Mildest darkening to spine. Internally complete and clean. A hint of spotting to endpapers. No inscriptions. Otherwise clean. A very attractive copy of this early twentieth century cornerstone classic and Henry James' most famous novel. 4000 copies printed. The story of a Milly Theale, rich American heiress and a pair of lovers who conspire to cheat her out of her fortune amongst a backdrop of lavish London drawing rooms & gorgeous Venetian Palazzos.
Seller: Julian Roberts Fine Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
James, Henry. The Wings of the Dove.. Westminster and Archibald Constable & Co, London, 1902.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Henry James' landmark novel. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition, name to the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box. Considered one of James' greatest novels of subtle character portrayal, detailing the days of "the vivid and magnificent yet corrupt Kate Croy⦠trapped, forced, held down by her social circumstances" (Barbara Everett, Times Literary Supplement, 2005). "In his last three novels, The Wings of the Dove, The Ambassadors, and The Golden Bowl, he returned to the 'international' theme of the contrast of American and European character" (Drabble, 503). The Wings of the Dove later became the inspiration for the opera of the same title by Douglas Moore in 1961. Actress Helena Bonham Carter garnered an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress as Kate Croy in the 1997 film adaptation of the novel. The Modern Library ranked it 26th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.