11-15-200911-15-2009
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2483Boston
November 15, 2009 11:00 AMCalender
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James, Henry (1843-1916)

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$415$350
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2483Location: BostonDate / Time: November 15, 2009 11:00AM

Description:

James, Henry (1843-1916), Two first edition titles: The Portrait of a Lady, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1882, first American edition, early state, with 1881 on copyright page, 520 pages, with gilt pictorial brown cloth, 8vo, (bumped, chipped, minor extremity wear, penciled owner's name to endpaper, newspaper clippings to p. 520 and rear flyleaf); and What Maisie Knew, Chicago and New York, 1897, gilt embossed gray cloth, 8vo, (lightly bumped and chipped, starting, with front gather off, toning).
Estimate $250-350

Keywords

The Portrait of a Lady, Maisie Knew, Chicago