The ivory tower / by Henry James
1917, First Edition. London ; Glasgow ; Melbourne ; Auckland : W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Light foxing to prelims. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #408257
Physical description; vi pages, 1 leaf, 347, [1] pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : frontispiece (portrait) ; 20 cm. Notes; First edition, referenced by Leon Edel and Dan H. Laurence A77a. "One of the two novels which Henry James left unfinished at his death ... designed to consist of ten books. Three only of these were written, with one chapter of the fourth, and except for the correction of a few obvious slips the fragment is here printed in full and without alteration ... The pages of preliminary notes [pages [261]-[348]] also here printed in full, were not of course intended for publication." -- Preface (signed: Percy Lubbock). Includes James' Notes for The ivory tower. Subjects; Inheritance and succession ; Fiction. Capitalists and financiers ; Fiction. Young adults ; Fiction. Rich people ; Fiction. Successions et héritages ; Romans, nouvelles, etc. Jeunes adultes ; Romans, nouvelles, etc. Riches ; Romans, nouvelles, etc. American literature 20th century. Newport (R.I.) ; Fiction.
Price: €165.00