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Lot 189: JAMES, Henry. The Golden Bowl. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904.

Est: $5,000 USD - $7,000 USDSold:
Christie'sNew York, NY, USDecember 02, 2005

Item Overview

Description

2 volumes, 8o. Original brown cloth, gilt-lettered on spine, top edges gilt (minor rubbing to extremities, spines slightly darkened, inkstain on prelims in vol. 1 [from inscription]); red quarter morocco slipcase.

FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY JAMES TO AGNES BRADEN on the front free endpaper of vol. I: "For Miss Agnes Braden, in reminder of [his] visit to St. Mary's, Henry James, March 14th, 1905." 2,000 copies of the first edition were issued on 10 November 1904. BAL 10659; Edel & Laurence A60a. (2)

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Auction Details

Fine Modern Literature

by
Christie's
December 02, 2005, 12:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US