NOTES OF A SON AND BROTHER
by JAMES, HENRY
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No d/w
- Seller
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Skreen, Sligo, Ireland
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About This Item
London: Macmillan, 1914. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First U.K. Edition.. 479 + 2pp ads.; Some shelf wear to head and tail of spine and to edges and hinhes as well as small stains to boards; Some foxing to f.e.p. else a sound fresh copy; An ex-lib. label neatly stuck to pastedown of rear board; Digital photos available upon request; This is a heavy item-please contact for shipping rates; Size: Lge. 8vo.
Synopsis
Notes of a Son and Brother is a book of autobiography by Henry James published in 1914. The book covers James' early manhood and tells of "the obscure hurt" that kept him out of the Civil War, his first efforts at writing fiction, and the early death of his beloved cousin, Minny Temple, from tuberculosis.
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- Seller
- Weathered Stone Books (IE)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 000227
- Title
- NOTES OF A SON AND BROTHER
- Author
- JAMES, HENRY
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No d/w
- Edition
- First U.K. Edition.
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1914
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Weathered Stone Books
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Skreen, Sligo
About Weathered Stone Books
In operation since 1982 as The Winding Stair Bookshop, Dublin until 2005. Then in USA as Wandering Star Books an online bookseller also conducting appraisals for private collectors and institutions. Now back in Ireland and living in beautiful Sligo with views of the Atlantic and selling online.
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