The Ivory Tower.
by Henry James
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917. Hardcover First Edition (1917), unstated, but implied: no subsequent printings noted and same date at the title and copyright pages, in accordance with Charles Scribner's Sons' customary practice. First Edition (1917), unstated, but implied: no subsequent printings noted and same date at the title and copyright pages, in accordance with Charles Scribner's Sons' customary practice. Very Good: shows just a hint of wear to the extremities; mild rubbing to the panels; faint dampstaining to the lower backstrip and lower inside corner of the front panel; the text pages have tanned lightly, due to aging with heavier discoloration to the front and rear free endpapers; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and several minor cosmetic flaws. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (7.75 x 5.1 x 1.3 inches). vi, 357 pages. Preface by Percy Lubbock. Includes 'Notes for the Ivory Tower' and the end of the book. Tan cloth over boards with gilt-stamped titles at the back strip. Hardback: Lacks DJ.
Synopsis
Henry James (1843–1916), the younger brother of the psychologist William James and one of the greatest of American writers, was born in New York but lived for most of his life in England. Among the best known of his many stories and novels are The Portrait of a Lady, The Turn of the Screw, and The Wings of the Dove . In addition to The New York Stories of Henry James , New York Review Classics has published several long-unavailable James novels: The Other House, The Outcry, and The Ivory Tower . Alan Hollinghurst was born in 1954 in Gloucestershire, England, and attended Magdalen College, Oxford. He is the author of the novels The Swimming-Pool Library, The Folding Star (shortlisted for the Booker Prize), The Spell , The Line of Beauty, as well as of a translation of the play Bajazet by Racine. A former staff member at The Times Literary Supplement , Hollinghurst is a frequent contributor to that and other publications, including The Guardian . Hollinghurst’s fourth novel, The Line of Beauty , won the Man Booker Prize in 2004. He lives in London.
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- Seller
- Black Cat Hill Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 56556
- Title
- The Ivory Tower.
- Author
- Henry James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition (1917), unstated, but implied: no subsequent print
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons,
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1917.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Prose & Criticism; Literature; Literary History; Classic English Novel; Prose; English Literature; Literary Criticism and Theory; Classic English Literature; Classic American Literature;
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