first edition Hardcover
1997 · San Francisco
by James, Henry
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1997. First edition thus. Hardcover. Orig. tan lettered cloth. Fine. Dine, Jim. 67 pages. 32 x 22.5 cm. With an introduction by Arthur C. Danto and a photogravure by Jim Dine. Limited edition, copy 111 of 125 signed by Jim Dine. Laid-in, an accordion fold announcement of the book by Arion Press explicating the genesis of the tale. James had not yet published a novel, this story appeared in The Atlantic Monthly in the spring of 1873. (Inventory #: 20891)