The Soft Side.
by James, Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1900. First edition of this collection of James' novellas. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition. Henry James was particularly interested in the short narrative form of fiction and produced dozens of what he called the "beautiful and blest nouvelle". Published in 1903, The Soft Side contains The Great Good Place, The Real Right Thing, The Tree of Knowledge, and The Third Person.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 80111
- Title
- The Soft Side.
- Author
- James, Henry
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- first edition, Henry James, Literature, the great good place, the soft side, the tree of knowledge
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Raptis Rare Books
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Palm Beach, Florida
About Raptis Rare Books
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Glossary
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...