Accession number
PML 182321-33, 185786-88
Creator
James, Henry, 1843-1916.
Published
[New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907-09]
Credit line
Gift; Family of Carter Burden.
Notes
Half-title; each volume has special t.-p.
For this edition the author culled out the works he considered unworthy of preservation and rewrote some of his earlier works to perfect them. Cf. Henry James, the master / Leon Edel. c1972. p. 321.
Library's set has 16 vols. only: I-III, VI-X, XIII-XV, XVIII-XX, XXII-XXIII.
Portrait of a Lady (Vol. III / PML 185786) is from the 1922 edition and includes an original drawing by Maurice Sendak. Housed separately.
Bookseller's note: 14v [i.e. 24v?]/New York Edition.
For this edition the author culled out the works he considered unworthy of preservation and rewrote some of his earlier works to perfect them. Cf. Henry James, the master / Leon Edel. c1972. p. 321.
Library's set has 16 vols. only: I-III, VI-X, XIII-XV, XVIII-XX, XXII-XXIII.
Portrait of a Lady (Vol. III / PML 185786) is from the 1922 edition and includes an original drawing by Maurice Sendak. Housed separately.
Bookseller's note: 14v [i.e. 24v?]/New York Edition.
Description
26 v. : fronts. (v. 1: port.) ; 22 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Original color drawing on front free endpaper depicts a crying Henry James standing on an open book, with manuscript caption: "H.J. distressed at my having the wrong Vol. III". [signed] M. Sendak.
Provenance
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Binding
Publisher's dark red cloth, stamped in gilt, top edges gilt.
Classification
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