The Question of Our Speech / The Lesson of Balzac; Two Lectures [FIRST EDITION]
by JAMES, Henry
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- first
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1905. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. 8vo. Maroon cloth with gilt text on spine and front board. Gilt top edge. Hand-pressed paper. 116 pp.
Minor edge wear. Fore edge roughly cut in some places.
This is a first printing from a limited run of 2000 copies collecting two literary lectures by James. (Edel and Laurence A61a, binding C).
Minor edge wear. Fore edge roughly cut in some places.
This is a first printing from a limited run of 2000 copies collecting two literary lectures by James. (Edel and Laurence A61a, binding C).
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- Title
- The Question of Our Speech / The Lesson of Balzac; Two Lectures [FIRST EDITION]
- Author
- JAMES, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1905
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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