English Hours
by James, Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905. A collection of periodical pieces written over a span of thirty years. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First Edition. Black cloth binding, with ruling in yellow, titling in gilt on the spine. The front cover features a harbour scene in black, gray, and gilt; quite lovely. Clean text; xii, 335 pages, indexed; with numerous illustrations by Joseph Pennell. Previous-owner signature (1910) on the front paste-down; tiny Brentano's sticker on the rear paste-down; the rear free endpaper has been removed. Rubbed to a slight fray at the corners and the tips of the spine, but really a very respectable copy.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. Illus. by Joseph Pennell. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
English Hours is a book of travel writing by Henry James published in 1905. The book collected various essays James had written on England over a period of more than thirty years, beginning in the 1870s. The essays had originally appeared in such periodicals as The Nation, The Century Magazine, Scribner's Magazine, The Galaxy and Lippincott's Magazine. James wrote a new introduction for the book and extensively revised many of the essays to create a more coherent whole.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004607
- Title
- English Hours
- Author
- James, Henry
- Illustrator
- Joseph Pennell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Plus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1905
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Literature;
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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