THE MIDDLE YEARS.
by James, Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917. first edition. Octavo, brown cloth covers, 119 pages. Frontispiece photographic portrait of James with tissue guard. A couple of cover corners lightly bumped. Crack in spine; head and foot of spine are worn. No dust jacket. From Editor's Note: " The following pages represent all that Henry James lived to write of a volume of autobiographical reminiscences to which he had given the name of one of his own short stories, The Middle Years.It was designed to follow on Notes of a Son and Brother and to extend to about the same length... " --Percy Lubbock. 092717D
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000018393
- Title
- THE MIDDLE YEARS.
- Author
- James, Henry
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1917
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Alkahest Books
Biblio member since 2012
Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
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