The Portrait of a Lady. Edited with an Introduction by Leon Edel. 1963 Impression by James, Henry, 1843-1916

Garden City, NY, Doubleday Anchor Books, 1954. Soft Cover. 280 p.; 18 cm. "This is the story of a girl whose parents have just been divorced. We watch, through her eyes, as her parents pursue their separate lives with different lovers-- all the while competing for her affection and approval, and attempting... to justify themselves to her, and to win her away from the opposite parent. In this chaotic world of parents and lovers, Maisie emerges as the only stable figure, growing in understanding and moral sense as the adults around her decline." Pictorial paper cover illustration by Edward Gorey. Good+. Stock#26770.

N.Y. Collins, [1917]. Hard Cover. xiii, 624 p., 21cm. Harvard Classics. Shelf of Fiction 11 [of 20]. Selected by Charles W. Eliot. ( Who knew Henry James Sr.and even in 1917 would call the son Junior). Edited with notes and introduction by William Allan Neilson. Stock# 32,267. Good+, some pencil underlining / no dj.

Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday, 1971. Hard Cover. xiv, 593 p.; 22 cm. Texts include: Spoils of Poynton; Turn of the Screw; Aspern Papers; Daisy Miller; Washington Square. Good+, owner name on front fly, scuff on lower front cover / no dj. Stock# 47987.

New York, New Directions [1944]. First Edition. Hard Cover. 3 p.l., 346 p., portrait front.; 23 cm. A collection of eleven stories in which James explores themes of the relationship between life and art. First edition. Stock# 101,496. Good+, four stories ticked in the table of contents, cover slightly soiled, t.p. foxed/ no dj. Another copy. Good + vertical lines markings in margins / no dj.

New York, Heritage Press, [1963]. Hard Cover. xix, 384 p., 16 color plates; red cloth covers stamped in gold; spine a bit faded; fine in scuffed gold slipcase with Sandglass. Stock# 26,754. American literature; fiction.

New York : George Braziller, Inc., January 1955. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

New York, Heritage Press, [1963]. xix, 384 p., 16 color plates; 26.5 cm. First published in 1901, The Ambassadors "depicts the reactions of different American types to the European enviornment." Stock# 45,081 Vg, red cloth covers stamped in gold; in scuffed gold slipcase with Sandglass.

Nelson Doubleday, 1960. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

N.Y., Braziller, 1955.. Hard Cover. xxviii, 425 p. 'The notebooks are a record of his work in progress for a period of more than thirty years.' Stock #100,784. Vg/no dj. American literature

Heritage Press, NY [1967]. . Hard Cover. xi, [1], 516 p., 16 color plates; lavendar cloth covers, spine stamped in gold; spine a bit faded; fine in grey cardboard slipcase. After reading the story of Isabel Archer, our remembrance of her portrait in James's greatest novel remains years later just as vividly impressed as though she had been a person we met years ago. Isabel Archer belongs to life-- as well as to art-- because her plight is that of any young girl confronting her unknown destiny. It is in a literary work of art, however, that she obtains her existence.' stock#26762. American literature; fiction.