first edition
1917 · London
by James, Henry
London: W. Collins Sons & Co, Ltd, 1917. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. (Precedes the American edition.) viii, 348 pp. Publisher's dark blue cloth lettered in gilt. Upper tips worn, else Fine with slight oxidization to gilt, offsetting to endpapers, in a Very Good example of the rare dust jacket, with typical wrinkling from the author photo mounted on front panel, a few small dampstains and darkening to spine panel, slightly edge-chipped. An unfinished novel by the popular American author, hailed for its critique of the ultra-rich of the Gilded Age.
(Inventory #: 140941107)