The Portrait of a Lady - 2 Volumes de James, Henry - 1936

Edinburgh: Printed for William Blackwood, 1819 Third Edition. xxii, 337pp; viii, 363pp, ix [1], 376pp, 1pp ads. Engraved frontis, with 14 portrait engravings, 1 text engraving and engraved title vignettes. Volume 1 in a library binding, volume 2 & 3 in 3/4 leather and marbled paper with library cloth tape over backstrips, hinges taped. All volumes lack 1/2 title page, occasional foxing. BINDINGS TIGHT.

London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1933 In Very Good Condition, with a Dust Jacket in Good Condition. 235pp bound in original green cloth, top edges gilt, with illustrated dust jacket, protected in a mylar cover. Slight age darkening to covers & pages, dust jacket shows darkening with edge chips & small piece missing on upper spine of dust jacket. Small "Blackwells" sticker inside cover, last page uncut. BINDING & HINGES TIGHT. Includes: Publisher's original advertising card, Blackwell's Sales Invoice and a Customs Slip - all laid in.

Edinburgh: J.T. Baillie, 1894 In Good Condition. LIMITED EDITION #48 OF 150 COPIES. 128pp, 2 of publisher ads, bound in half vellum and green cloth, top edges gilt, deckled page edges. Includes 5 illustrated plates, with tissue guards intact, and head & tail pieces. In the old Scots vernacular. Covers show bumped corners, lower backstrip peeling, occasional interior foxing. BINDING & HINGES TIGHT.

New York: The Republic Press, 1898 In Very Good Condition. SCARCE. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. LIMITED - 150 COPIES PRIVATELY PRINTED OF WHICH THIS IS NO. 3. Dedicated to "My darling boy Ted with the undying love of his fond Mother (Janet Drake). May 7th, 1898". ALSO - on a blank page prior to the Allegory, is the following hand written note - "The subject if this Allegory was suggested by the wonderful advancement of women in the past few years - their severed chains of bondage placing them on a mental footing with men. These tremendous strides have been attained only by the Herculean efforts of women themselves - inspired by the Divine Hand - and immense possibilities whoes realities they have succeeded so marvelously in mastering. They have found "the light" - and may its radiance be the incentive got still greater and another achievement in the future for them - Janet Drake - May 24th 1924". Covers show light corner wear, light wear to top/heel of… Leer más

This is a complete 19 Volume set of "HOUSEHOLD WORDS" - A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens. The volumes span the years 1850 (Volume I) to 1859 (Volume XIX). The significance of this set is that Volume IX contains the 1st appearance of the Dickens classic "HARD TIMES" (please see photos). "Hard Times was first published serially in "Household Words" in the April 1, 1854 issue (volume IX), followed shortly thereafter by the 1st edition in book form in the same year. Seldom found complete in 19 Volumes."Household Words" was an English weekly magazine edited by Charles Dickens and was published every Saturday from March 1850 to May 1859. This set contains 19 hardcover volumes which contain the complete run of individual issues. To boost slumping sales, Dickens serialized his classic novel "Hard Times" in weekly parts between April 1st and August 12th 1854. It had the desired effect, more than doubling the journal's circulation and encouraging Dickens, who remarked that he was "three parts mad, and the… Leer más

Edinburgh: Printed for William Blackwood, 1819 Third Edition. xxii, 337pp; viii, 363pp, ix [1], 376pp, 1pp ads. Engraved frontis, with 14 portrait engravings, 1 text engraving and engraved title vignettes. Volume 1 in a library binding, volume 2 & 3 in 3/4 leather and marbled paper with library cloth tape over backstrips, hinges taped. All volumes lack 1/2 title page, occasional foxing. BINDINGS TIGHT.

London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1933 In Very Good Condition, with a Dust Jacket in Good Condition. 235pp bound in original green cloth, top edges gilt, with illustrated dust jacket, protected in a mylar cover. Slight age darkening to covers & pages, dust jacket shows darkening with edge chips & small piece missing on upper spine of dust jacket. Small "Blackwells" sticker inside cover, last page uncut. BINDING & HINGES TIGHT. Includes: Publisher's original advertising card, Blackwell's Sales Invoice and a Customs Slip - all laid in.

Edinburgh: J.T. Baillie, 1894 In Good Condition. LIMITED EDITION #48 OF 150 COPIES. 128pp, 2 of publisher ads, bound in half vellum and green cloth, top edges gilt, deckled page edges. Includes 5 illustrated plates, with tissue guards intact, and head & tail pieces. In the old Scots vernacular. Covers show bumped corners, lower backstrip peeling, occasional interior foxing. BINDING & HINGES TIGHT.

New York: The Republic Press, 1898 In Very Good Condition. SCARCE. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. LIMITED - 150 COPIES PRIVATELY PRINTED OF WHICH THIS IS NO. 3. Dedicated to "My darling boy Ted with the undying love of his fond Mother (Janet Drake). May 7th, 1898". ALSO - on a blank page prior to the Allegory, is the following hand written note - "The subject if this Allegory was suggested by the wonderful advancement of women in the past few years - their severed chains of bondage placing them on a mental footing with men. These tremendous strides have been attained only by the Herculean efforts of women themselves - inspired by the Divine Hand - and immense possibilities whoes realities they have succeeded so marvelously in mastering. They have found "the light" - and may its radiance be the incentive got still greater and another achievement in the future for them - Janet Drake - May 24th 1924". Covers show light corner wear, light wear to top/heel of… Leer más

Milano: Aldo Martello Editore, 1965. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Edition published to celebrate the seven hundredth anniversary of Dante's birth and limited to 500 numbered copies. In three volumes. 361pp; 333pp; 345pp. Full deep green morocco ruled and lettered in gold on the spine, five raised bands, top edges gilt, others uncut, green endpapers; printed on special Ventura paper. The volumes come in sturdy green paper covered publisher's slipcases with leather inserts. With more than one hundred illustrations by fifty contemporary Italian artists including Giorgio de Chirico, Renato Guttuso, Emilio Greco, Aligi Sassu, Carlo Carrà, Remo Brindisi, Massimo Campigli, Carlo Corsi, Carlo Guarienti assembled for a special Quadriennale exhibition in 1960. Very mild wear to the spines but a superb set nonetheless. This copy, not numbered, is ad personam for Bruno Molajoli. ; Quarto.