New York: Harper & Bros, 1893. This is a Very Good copy of the First American Edition. Blue cloth binding; front corners decorated with silver filligre; gilt lettering on the spine. Clean text; 305 pages, with six pages of publisher's adverts in the rear. Deckle fore- and bottom edges. Previous-owner inscription on the front paste-down; contemporary (1893) signature on the Title Page. Bumped; rubbed around the margins. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Bookseller: Quercus Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 002901
Title: Essays in London and Elsewhere
Author: James, Henry
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher: Harper & Bros
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1893
Bookseller catalogs: Modern Literature;

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Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.

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