Watch and Ward

Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company; the Riverside Press,, 1878. First edition, one of 1,000 copies. The book was never printed in the UK, with US editions shipped across the ocean for UK consumers. The story first appeared in 1871 in the Atlantic Monthly before being revised and published in this format. Small octavo. Original red cloth, titles and decoration… Read more about this item

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1960. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 8vo, 238 pp. Spine cocked, corners of boards lightly bumped, page edges tanned. Jacket stained at spine, sunned, edgeworn, with a few small chips.

Grove Press, 1960. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. Early paperback reprint of Henry James;s first novel with an introduction by Leon Edel. This is Evergreen Book no. E-244,, stated first Evergreen edition 1960. A clean tight unmarked copy, obviously unread. Laid in is the 1959 catalog of Evergreen Books listing the first 160 titles in… Read more about this item

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Red cloth, in the dust jacket. Ink name to front paste-down, dust jacket a little darkened around the edges and faded at the spine. Overall a good, clean copy.

Boston: Houghton, Osgood & Co., 1878, 1878. First edition. 12mo; 219 pp. Marginal stain to final 30 pp.; owner's name & date 1878; slight wear to spine ends; else a good copy or better in gilt-stamped red cloth. First issue, with blank leaf following p. 219..

New York: Grover Press, Inc, 1960. Fine. First this pub. Fine. Edges of book are lightly discolored. Name of former owner is written on the inside cover in ink. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition… Read more about this item

Watch and Ward by Henry James Rare 1878 First Edition, only 1000 copies were printed. Published by Houghton, Osgood and Company. Green cloth cover with gilding and embossing to cover and spine. Measures approximately 6" x 4.5" x .75" (115 x 155 x 20 mm). Nice crisp copy, with red page edges. Some shelf wear, corner bumps, rubbing to back cover. Owner… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, 1979. Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. First Black Cat Edition. Paperback in Good Condition. White illustrated wraps clean and unmarked, faint spine creases, pages moderately age-toned, clean, hinge cracked between pages 134-135. Henry James first novel. A tale of a proper Bostonian, Roger Lawrence, adopting a little girl under some… Read more about this item

London: Rupert Hart-Davis. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in Publisher's red cloth with gilt lettered title to the spine,in a Very Good Dust-Jacket with a little rubbing and wear to the outer edges of the dust-jacket..Not price clipped with this copy has one previous ownership inscription to the ffep.The book has a firm binding and no… Read more about this item

Evergreen Grove, 1960. First edition. Near fine stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout.

1 . Hardbound. Fair. Small 12mo. First edition. Boston (Houghton Osgood) 1878. BAL.10535. E&L A6. 1st issue, with blank leaf. Green cloth stained and page edges water-stained throughout. Tip of spine chipped. Reading copy of a scarce title.

Grove Press : distributed by Random House, January 1979. Trade Paperback. Used - very good.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1959. Good condition; dust jacket lightly worn. With an introduction by Leon Edel. Previous owner's signature on FEP; prices marked on inside FEP and front flap.. hardcover. Good/Good. Used.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1959. Re-issue 1st Printing. Half-calf. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1959 first edition of this re-issue. Size octavo, 7.75" tall, 238 pages. Red half calf with red cloth covered boards with gilded raised bands and gilt titles to the spine, light blue paste-downs and end-papers. Condition very good, slight rubbing to… Read more about this item

London: Rupert Hart-Davis 1960 238pp, 5 5/8 x 8 1/4, red cloth, hardcover (no dust jacket) CONDITION: GOOD, ex-library with only light wear but the usual markings (withdrawn stamp on top edge, label at spine foot, library stamp & corner clipped on front endpaper, and card pocket remnant on rear endpaper o/w a nice copy,… Read more about this item

UsedGood.

Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated, 1979. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Sutton Publishing, Gloucestershire. 1997. Lge format paperback. NEW BOOK IN STOCK.

Hardback. New. Watch and Ward is James' first novel. Serialised in 1871 and published in book form in 1878, it marks an important stage in James's novelistic development. This first-ever scholarly edition provides extensive annotations, a detailed textual history, and a full introduction exploring the novel's literary, cultural and historical contexts.

TBS The Book Service Ltd, 1981-02. Paperback. Good.