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A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE.
by James, Henry. Illustrated by Joseph Pennell
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Slight fraying to spine ends, owner name to front free endpaper, else very good
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About This Item
Boston and NY: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1900. First edition thus. Hardcover. Slight fraying to spine ends, owner name to front free endpaper, else very good. xiii, 350 pp., profusely illustrated after drawings by Joseph Pennell, small octavo, dark green pictorial cloth with cover design and lettering in gray, reddish brown, and gilt.
First illustrated edition of the text first published in 1884. With a new preface by the author. BAL 10642.
First illustrated edition of the text first published in 1884. With a new preface by the author. BAL 10642.
Synopsis
A Little Tour in France is a book of travel writing by Henry James. Originally published under the title En Province in 1883–1884 as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly, the book recounts a six-week tour James made of many provincial towns in France, including Tours, Bourges, Nantes, Toulouse, Arles and several others. The first book publication was in 1884. A second, extensively revised edition was published in 1900.
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- Chanticleer Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23140
- Title
- A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE.
- Author
- James, Henry. Illustrated by Joseph Pennell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Slight fraying to spine ends, owner name to front free endpaper, else very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston and NY
- Date Published
- 1900
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