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James, Henry Jr.. Transatlantic Sketches. James R. Osgood and Co., Boston, 1875.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Later state of first edition; Good+ to very good hardcover, 8vo, pages: vi,[7],401; Brown cloth, gold- and dk brown-stamped decoration and titles, tail of spine with "Houghton Mifflin & Co." (therefore, issued ca.1883 or later w/1st ed sheets); Light wear and soiling, block edges w/spotting. Bookseller accession no.: 17102.
Seller: Ulysses Books, Michael L. Muilenberg, Bookseller, Trumansburg, NY, U.S.A.
Henry James. Transatlantic Sketches. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1875.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1875. First Edition. Octavo. 401 pages. Purple cloth with bevelled edges. Stamped in gilt at spine with "Osgood" imprint. Brown endpapers. Boards a bit worn at extremities with brief exposure. Spine toned. Binding is sound. Light foxing to edges of text block and some spotting to preliminaries but pages otherwise unmarked. Overall a very good copy of the author's second book.
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Henry James, Jr.. Transatlantic Sketches. James R. Oswood and Company, 1875.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardbound, no dust jacket. Rust brown 1st edition. Boards have badly bumped outer corner & creased front. Bumping continues for most of the book on the outer page edges, previous owner's name on front free end page, otherwise good.
Seller: Black Cat Books, Shelter Island, NY, U.S.A.
JAMES, Henry. Transatlantic Sketches. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1875.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. octavo, purple cloth over bevelled boards, brown coated endpapers. James R. Osgood and Company, Primary binding with "J. R. Osgood & Co." at bottom of spine. BAL 10530; Edel & Laurence A2. Spine faded with scuffing to cloth color along outer hinges. Cloth at top and bottom of spine chipped down to text block. Inner hinges weak. James' second book. octavo, purple cloth over bevelled boards, brown coated endpapers
Seller: Colophon Book Shop, ABAA, Exeter, NH, U.S.A.
JAMES, Henry. Transatlantic Sketches. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1875.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. octavo, purple cloth over bevelled boards, brown coated endpapers. James R. Osgood and Company, Primary binding with "J. R. Osgood & Co." at bottom of spine. BAL 10530; Edel & Laurence A2. Spine faded with two bookworm holes at front outher hinge. Cloth at top and bottom of spine chipped down to text block. Small Brick Row Book Shop label at bottom of front free endpaper. James' second book. octavo, purple cloth over bevelled boards, brown coated endpapers
Seller: Colophon Book Shop, ABAA, Exeter, NH, U.S.A.
Henry James Jr.. Transatlantic Sketches. James R. Oosgood, Boston, 1875.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 19th Century European travel, 401 pages, First Edition, this hardcover is bound in light brown cloth with gilt decorations in a flower motif, the author's second book, issued without dust jacket, with the attractive armorial bookplate of Charles Plummer on front paste down, Plummer was an English historian, this copy with the scarce later binding with Houghton Mifflin & Company on lower spine panel, Book is Very Good with some light edge, corner wear, edge foxing, light wear to head and heel of spine, sound binding with Fine text.
Seller: Pacific Coast Books, ABAA,ILAB, Gleneden Beach, OR, U.S.A.
James, Henry. Transatlantic Sketches. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1875.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 401 pages. Purple cloth bordered in blind, bevelled edges. Spine sunned. J.R. Osgood & Co. at foot of spine; sheets sewn. Moderate soiling to edges; occasional foxing within. Thin 1 inch scrape to fore-edge that lightly ripples the top corner of pages 331-365. binding sound and hinges sturdy.
Seller: The Odd Book (ABAC, ILAB), Wolfville, NS, Canada
James, Henry Jr.. Transatlantic Sketches. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1875.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Early state of the first edition, hardcover in purple cloth over bevelled edge boards, with blind stamped edges, gilt stamped titling to the spine with Houghton, Osgood & Co. at the tail, and brown coated end pages. The rear hinge is neatly repaired, and the cloth is worn away at the head of the spine, and wearing thin at the tail of the spine and the upper cover corners. The book also has strong sunning with a couple areas of mottling to the spine, light rubbing to the covers with slighter sunning to the edges, and brief owners' markings to the front end pages. Overall, this is a solid, Good+ copy with clean text and a tight binding.
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
James, Henry Jr.. Transatlantic Sketches. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1875.
Price: US$105.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: No writing or tears. Ends of spine and corners are crushed or scuffed. Solid binding.
Seller: Grandma Betty's Books, West Salem, OH, U.S.A.
James, Henry Jr.. TRANSATLANTIC SKETCHES. James R. Osgood: Boston, 1875.
Price: US$109.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 7.5 x 5", cloth, 401pp, extremities rather rubbed, spine ends beginning to fray, foredge spotted, pencil name. FIRST EDITION, FIRST BINDING.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
JAMES, HENRY, Jr.. Transatlantic sketches. James R. Osgood and Co, Boston, 1875.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of James's second book, 12mo, pp. vi, [7]-401; original brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine; spine sunned, spine extremities chipped; good and sound. First binding with the Osgood imprint on the spine; the sheets in this copy are sewn rather than stapled which BAL surmises is first in the binding order. "Publisher's records show there was but one printing of this date: 1578 copies printed April 21, 1875" (BAL). BAL 10530; Edel A2.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
James, Henry. Transatlantic Sketches. James R. Osgood, Boston, 1875.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boston: Osgood, 1875. 1st edition, VG/. Book has wear & fraying to spine ends, bumping & light fraying to corners, gilt on spine in dulled, but legible, some general surface & edge wear. Book has beveled board edges, "Osgood" at bottom of spine, "Late Ticknor & Fields", etc. on line above date on title page. This as James's second book. It is about his travels in Europe, especially, England, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Holland and Belgium. Good solid book, interior pages are clean.
Seller: Blue Skye Books, Novato, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$194.25 + shipping
Description: Duodecimo, terra-cotta cloth, beveled edges, vi, [7] - 401 pp. Very Good; small bookplate; light shelf wear. Literature, American Literature, Henry James. zxsli
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA, Dade City, FL, U.S.A.
James, Henry, Jr.. Transatlantic Sketches. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1875.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This is the rust brown Firrst Edition of Henry James's second book. Spine color faded, otherwise a Good copy. There is an inscription from a former owner dated December 25, 1875, the same year as publication. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: The Country Bookshop [Member VABA], Plainfield, VT, U.S.A.
James, Henry Jr.. TRANSATLANTIC SKETCHES. , 1875.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Description: Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1875. One preliminary page undated ads. Original green cloth, beveled. First Edition of Henry James's second book, which consisted of either 1500 (per E&L) or 1578 (per Blanck) copies. Published in the same year as his first (A PASSIONATE PILGRIM), this is a collection of travel sketches from his journeys around Europe in 1872-1874. This copy is in the first binding state, with "J.R. Osgood & Co." at the foot of the spine (later copies read "Houghton, Osgood & Co." and then "Houghton, Mifflin & Co."). The cloth color is green; other copies were in purple or terra-cotta, without priority. It is a near-fine copy (minor rubbing at the corners, rear endpaper cracking but tight). Supino 2.2.0; Edel & Laurence A2a; Blanck 10530.
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.
James Jr., Henry. Transatlantic Sketches. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1875.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near Fine in Edel and Laurence's "A" binding. Rust-colored cloth, lightly rubbed at the surface and edges. Square and firmly bound with a faded top stain, brown endpapers, former owner's signature on the second front free endpaper, clean otherwise. James's second book, a collection of writings previously published in newspapers. This copy from the personal library of Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Maurice Sendak.
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.
James, Henry. Transatlantic Sketches. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1875.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, (presumed) later state of the binding. 401 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. First binding state with "James R. Osgood and Company" on spine. Published the same year as A Passionate Pilgrim, copies of this first impression (1500 copies per Edel and Laurence, or 1578 per Blanck) were bound up later with the "Houghton, Mifflin" spine imprint; Edel doesn't even mention this variant, with "Houghton, Osgood, & Co." at the foot of the spine. Blanck, however, poses the question: "Query: Also bound with the Houghton, Osgood & Company spine imprint?" This copy fairly answers that question. The cloth color is a rust, or terra-cotta; other copies were bound in purple or green, without priority. BAL 10530; Edel A2 Original rust-brown, terra-cotta cloth with blind stamped borders to covers and gilt titles on spine, some minor rubbing at edges, slight dampstaining to front and light dust soiling, foxing on endpapers and light dampstaining on bottom pastedown, else a very good copy of the author's scarce second book First Edition, (presumed) later state of the binding.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
James Henry. TRANSATLANTIC SKETCHES. Boston James R. Osgood and Company 1875, 1875.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, and in the first binding state. 8vo, publisher's original cloth textured green cloth, the boards framed in blind, the spine gilt ruled and lettered. A very bright copy, fine but for a little light wear along the tips and lower board edges and an extremely faint and nearly imperceptible remnant of an old label on the lower portion of the spine, the text is solid and very clean and fresh. HARD TO FIND IN SUCH NICE CONDITION, AND ONLY THE AUTHOR'S SECOND BOOK. It was published the same year as his first, "The Passionate Pilgrim" and only about 1500 or so copies were printed. Much of the first edition print run was bound up later, but this copy is in the first state with "J.R. Osgood & Co printed on the spine. In this work James provides a number of stories and sketches based upon his 14 months spent traveling in Europe between 1872 and 1874. Many of them are from time spent in Italy, but England, France, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, and Belgium are also included.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
James Jr., Henry. Transatlantic Sketches. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1875.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near Fine in Edel and Laurence's "B" binding. Green cloth, lightly rubbed at the surface and edges. Square and firmly bound, a few small stains at the top edge, brown endpapers, clean internally. James's second book, a collection of writings previously published in newspapers. This copy from the personal library of Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Maurice Sendak.
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.