The Question of Our Speech. The Lesson of Balzac. Two Lectures
by James, Henry
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905. This is a Near Fine copy of an the First Edition, which is LIMITED to 300 copies. Olive-coloured paper boards with a linen spine with paper label. Clean text; 116 pages. Issued "uncut;" this copy with pages opened. Light bumps to the bottom corners, and the spine perhaps a bit darkened; else a Fine copy. No dustjacket; in an archival plastic protector.. Limited. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004453
- Title
- The Question of Our Speech. The Lesson of Balzac. Two Lectures
- Author
- James, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Limited
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston & New York
- Date Published
- 1905
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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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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- 12mo
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