The Princess Casamassima
by James, Henry
The illegitimate and impoverished son of a dressmaker and a nobleman, Hyacinth Robinson has grown up with a strong sense of beauty that heightens his acute sympathy for the inequalities that surround him. Drawn into a secret circle of radical politics he makes a rash vow to commit a violent act of terrorism. But when the Princess Casamassima - beautiful, clever and bored - takes him up and introduces him to her own world of wealth and refinement, Hyacinth is torn. He is horrified by the destruction that would be wreaked by revolution, but still believes he must honour his vow, and finds himself gripped in an agonizing and, ultimately, fatal dilemma. A compelling blend of psychological observation, wit and compassion, The Princess Casamassima (1886) is one of Henry James's most deeply personal novels.
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To my small mind - this is the finest novel Henry James wrote period. JMK
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Princess Casamassima
by JAMES, Henry
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London: Macmillan and Co, 1886. First edition, one of 750 sets published in October of 1886. Three octavo volumes. Advertisement leaf at the end of volumes two and three. Publisher's dark green cloth, ruled in black on boards, gilt lettering on the spine. Green coated endpapers renewed. Spine extremities slightly bumped, light rubbing to tips and joints. Uncut. A… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Macmillan, 1886. First edition of Henry James's most overtly political novel, one of 750 copies, first published in the Atlantic Monthly. The Princess Casamassima traces the friendship of a radical London bookbinder and an idle princess with revolutionary sympathies: "By way of defending the aristocracy he said to her that it couldn't be true they were all a… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Princess Casamassima [First Issue]
by JAMES, Henry (1828-1911)
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London and New York: Macmillan, 1886. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Fine-. First American (and first single-volume) Edition, First Issue (with 1886 title page), of James's only overtly political novel. Crown 8vo (187 x 117mm): [4],596pp. BAL first-state binding: blue-green S cloth, front cover and spine stamped in gilt and black, rear cover stamped in blind, spine lettered in… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Princess Casamassima (Everyman's Library Classics Series)
by Henry James
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- 1991-11-26
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The Princess Casamassima: A Novel.
by James, Henry
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London: Macmillan and Co., 1886. "The Princess Casamassima, a panoramic novel with a vivid English setting, documents a sensitive bookbinder's attempt to come to terms with his illegitimate birth and social disadvantages through involvement in subversive political action. Even more naturalistic than its predecessor [The Bostonians], The Princess reads today like an elegy for the beauty and traditions painfully… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Princess Casamassima: Volumes I and II
by JAMES, Henry
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1948. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Reprint. Two volumes. Both volumes fine with some offsetting on the end papers in near fine, original glassine dustwrappers with small tears around the extremities, in publisher's slipcase. Item Price
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THE PRINCESS CASAMASSIMA
by Henry James
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New York: Harper Colophon Books. 1964. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Very Good in wraps. Foxing on text block edges. Shelfwear on spine. Creasing on front panel top corner. . Item Price
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by HENRY JAMES
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First Printing of Decorative Hard Cover Edition in Very Good Condition With introduction by Lionel Trilling.Two volumes with marbled boards with black spine featuring gilt titles. Slipcase intact. Slipcase is covered by green paper, with printed label on front panel. Books are tight and clean. Size: 12mo. Item Price
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The Princess Casamassima (Modern Classics)
by James, Henry
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THE PRINCESS CASAMASSIMA. [THE CHILTERN LIBRARY.]
by JAMES, HENRY:
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UK,12mo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Originally and first serialised in the Atlantic Monthly from September,1885 to October, 1886,and first published in 3 volumes by Macmillan (UK) in 1886. James thought it one of his best novels,but readers and critics on both sides of the Atlantic ridiculed it.It was the most prophetic of all his novels and one in which his ambivalent… Read more about this item Item Price
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London and New York: Macmillan and Co. , 1886. First edition. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5" . None . The first American edition, issued from the English in one volume, of this novel by Henry James, in the first issue cloth binding. The first American edition of this novel, issued from the UK edition in one volume, first… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Princess Casamassima: Volumes I and II
by JAMES, Henry
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1948. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Reprint. Two volumes. Introduction by Lionel Trilling. 12mo. Light toning on the spines, tiny stain on the foredge of volume 2, else near fine in about very good publisher's cardboard slipcase with a split along the top edge, small chips, and modest toning. Item Price
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The Princess Casamassima - A Novel.
by JAMES, Henry.
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Macmillan, London., 1886. First edition. Octavo. Three volumes: pp 252; [iv], 257, [1], [2] adverts; [iv], 242, [2] adverts. Original green cloth. 750 sets of this three-decker were issued. From the library of essayist and Liberal politician Augustine Birrell with his monogram bookplate on the front pastedown of each volume.A set which is somewhat the worse for wear: W.H.… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Macmillan and Co, 1886. First American edition of one of James's "three formidable novels" published in the 1880s along with The Bostonians and The Tragic Muse. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. In near fine condition, name opposite the half-title page. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell case. "The Princess Casamassima, a panoramic novel with a vivid English… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Macmillan and Co.,, 1886. Handsomely bound First edition in book form, handsomely bound, and one of 750 copies. The Princess Casamassima is one of James's "three formidable novels" composed during the 1880s, standing alongside The Bostonians (1886) and The Tragic Muse (1890) as demonstrating "a creative vigor and willingness to experiment that became distinctive watermarks of his career"… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Princess Casamassima (Modern Classics)
by James, Henry
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NY: Macmillan, 1948. First edition thus, with an introduction by Lionel Trilling. 2 volume set in publisher's slipcase. Published NY: Macmillan, 1948, first printing. 12mo., 5" x 7 1/4", xlvii+321; 382pp. Marbled papers over black cloth with gilt titles. Slight fade to the spine cloth, else fine in very good slipcase with light wear and a ring stain on rear… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE PRINCESS CASAMASSIMA (IN TWO VOLUMES)
by James, Henry
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- 1948
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Columbus, Ohio, USA
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New York: The Macmillan Company. Very Good. 1948. Hardcover. First Printing, Two Volumes Complete, marbled paper covered boards, bookplate, else very good in a chipped, scuffed, tape repaired slipcase. . Item Price
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The Princess Casamassima (Modern Classics)
by James, Henry
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Great Britain: Penguin Classics. Good. 1977. 1st Paperback Edition. Softcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 0140041028 Paperback Paperback The Princess Casamassima (Modern Classics 1st Paperback Edition somewear and crease on cover pages browned at edges a good reading copy . Item Price
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The Princess Casamassima
by Henry James
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- 1987
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Penguin Publishing Group, 1987. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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