![JAMES, Henry. French Poets and Novelists, London: Macmillan, 1878. 8° (ownership inscription erased from head of title page), original dark blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine (spine slightly crease-marked, corners rubbed), uncut. FIRST EDITION. 1250 copies. Edel & Laurence A5. [With the same author's:]](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/1998/CSK/1998_CSK_08219_0080_000(112659).jpg?w=1)
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JAMES, Henry. French Poets and Novelists, London: Macmillan, 1878. 8° (ownership inscription erased from head of title page), original dark blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine (spine slightly crease-marked, corners rubbed), uncut. FIRST EDITION. 1250 copies. Edel & Laurence A5. [With the same author's:]
Confidence, Boston: Houghton, Osgood, 1880. 12° (waterstain to lower margin of front free endpaper), original red-brown cloth (rather soiled and rubbed, spine block twisted). Provenance: contemporary ownership inscription to free endpaper and bookplate of Eleanor Joseph. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. 1500 copies. Edel & Laurence A11b. [and:]
Tales of Three Cities, London: Macmillan, 1884. 8° (marginal soiling to the opening leaf of text), original cloth gilt (some bubbling, spine block a little twisted). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 1500 copies. Edel & Laurence A24b. [and:]
Stories Revived, London: Macmillan, 1885. 3 volumes, 8° (occasional thumb soiling), contemporary red roan, gilt-lettered spines (extremities rubbed, upper joints of vol. I cracked), g.e. Provenance: Margot Tennant, presentation inscription and bookplate. FIRST EDITION OF ONLY 500 COPIES. Edel & Laurence A27. [and:]
The Aspern Papers, Louisa Pallant, The Modern Warning, London and New York: Macmillan, 1888. 2 volumes, 8°, original blue cloth gilt (spine blocks twisted, corners rubbed and bumped, upper joints of vol. I a little worn, gilt tarnished), partly uncut. FIRST EDITION of this famous title, with publisher's compliment stamp to title page of volume I. 650 copies. Edel & Laurence A32a. [and:]
The Tragic Muse, Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, [1890]. 2 volumes, 8° (pp. 329-30 of vol. I with torn edge, stain affecting title verso and opening page of text in vol. II), original brown ribbed cloth decorated in gilt (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Eleanor Joseph, bookplate. FIRST EDITION in book form, variant binding of a colour not described in the bibliography. 1000 copies. Edel & Laurence A34a. [and:]
The Other House, London: William Heinemann, 1896. 2 volumes, 8°, original blue cloth with blind-stamp on upper covers and gilt-lettering (extremities lightly rubbed, spines slightly darkened, fore-edges spotted). FIRST EDITION, first printing of 600 copies. Edel & Laurence A47b. [and:]
The Ambassadors, New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1903. 8°, title in red and black (title spotted), light blue boards, t.e.g., others uncut, dark blue limp cloth dust-jacket, lettered and ruled in gilt as on spine of the book (soiled). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. 4000 copies. FINE EXAMPLE. Edel & Laurence A58b.
With a restored copy of The Portrait of a Lady (3 vols., London, 1881), and a further 32 volumes by Henry James, several with the Eleanor Joseph bookplate. (48)
Confidence, Boston: Houghton, Osgood, 1880. 12° (waterstain to lower margin of front free endpaper), original red-brown cloth (rather soiled and rubbed, spine block twisted). Provenance: contemporary ownership inscription to free endpaper and bookplate of Eleanor Joseph. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. 1500 copies. Edel & Laurence A11b. [and:]
Tales of Three Cities, London: Macmillan, 1884. 8° (marginal soiling to the opening leaf of text), original cloth gilt (some bubbling, spine block a little twisted). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 1500 copies. Edel & Laurence A24b. [and:]
Stories Revived, London: Macmillan, 1885. 3 volumes, 8° (occasional thumb soiling), contemporary red roan, gilt-lettered spines (extremities rubbed, upper joints of vol. I cracked), g.e. Provenance: Margot Tennant, presentation inscription and bookplate. FIRST EDITION OF ONLY 500 COPIES. Edel & Laurence A27. [and:]
The Aspern Papers, Louisa Pallant, The Modern Warning, London and New York: Macmillan, 1888. 2 volumes, 8°, original blue cloth gilt (spine blocks twisted, corners rubbed and bumped, upper joints of vol. I a little worn, gilt tarnished), partly uncut. FIRST EDITION of this famous title, with publisher's compliment stamp to title page of volume I. 650 copies. Edel & Laurence A32a. [and:]
The Tragic Muse, Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, [1890]. 2 volumes, 8° (pp. 329-30 of vol. I with torn edge, stain affecting title verso and opening page of text in vol. II), original brown ribbed cloth decorated in gilt (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Eleanor Joseph, bookplate. FIRST EDITION in book form, variant binding of a colour not described in the bibliography. 1000 copies. Edel & Laurence A34a. [and:]
The Other House, London: William Heinemann, 1896. 2 volumes, 8°, original blue cloth with blind-stamp on upper covers and gilt-lettering (extremities lightly rubbed, spines slightly darkened, fore-edges spotted). FIRST EDITION, first printing of 600 copies. Edel & Laurence A47b. [and:]
The Ambassadors, New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1903. 8°, title in red and black (title spotted), light blue boards, t.e.g., others uncut, dark blue limp cloth dust-jacket, lettered and ruled in gilt as on spine of the book (soiled). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. 4000 copies. FINE EXAMPLE. Edel & Laurence A58b.
With a restored copy of The Portrait of a Lady (3 vols., London, 1881), and a further 32 volumes by Henry James, several with the Eleanor Joseph bookplate. (48)