THE BETTER SORT
first edition
1903
by JAMES, Henry
1903. JAMES, Henry. THE BETTER SORT. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. First edition; English and American editions were issued simultaneously. [viii],429 pp. 8vo., faded rose-sateen smooth cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and within a single-rule frame on upper board, plain endpapers; top edge trimmed, other edges untrimmed. Bookplate to ffep. and a review of the book, from the New York Commercial Advertiser, is laid down on the back pastedown. Spine is moderately soiled and concave. Front hinge is just starting at top and the ffep. has a 2" closed tear. Text leaves are clean. A sound, good-plus copy for reading. (Edel A57.b; BAL 10652). (Inventory #: 52553)