THE ART OF THE NOVEL; by Henry James / With an Introduction by Richard P. Blackmur by James, Henry - 1934

New York London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First Separate Edition, First Issue. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Small 8vo (7 7/8" x 5 7/16"), publisher's original smooth black cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with inset B&W portrait of Henry James' head after a photograph by Alice Boughton, Introduction by Richard P. Blackmur, xliii + 348 numbered pages. "A great author not only explains his art and technique but makes clear the whole art and philosophy of fiction."--from the jacket. Henry James OM (1843 - 1916) was an American-British author who was a key figure between literary realism and modernism. Many consider James to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He is also considered an exquisitely sensitive stylist. Among his most highly regarded novels are The Portrait of a Lady (1881), The Bostonians (1886), The Ambassadors and The Wings of the Dove (1903 & 1902). THE ART OF THE NOVEL first publishes 18 Prefaces by James that had appeared in the New York edition of James' works (A64). Condition: SCARCE in the original pictorial dust jacket (unclipped). It has light soil, some fading, and a 1/2" chip on its top front panel and slight losses to the head and foot of the dj's spine. Solid, clean cloth whose pages have unform age-toning and no annotations. Edel & Laurence, A89a: First Issue with code "A" on copyright page.