Author: Henry James
Title: The Sense of the Past
Description: London, W. Collins Sons & Co, 1917 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Henry James's posthumously published unfinished comedy of manners, including an eerie account of time travel. The first edition, first impression. Published over a month prior to the first US edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece.In this fascinating tale, a young New Yorker trades places with a remote ancestor in early nineteenth-century England, and encounters many complications in his new surroundings.The work was left unfinished at the time of James's death, but James left extensive notes on how the novel would continue. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with back strip lightly age toned. Rubbing to front board. Hinges strained, but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright, with only the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Keywords: The Sense of the Past Henry James time travel comedy of manners Henry James None
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Title: The Sense of the Past
Description: London, W. Collins Sons & Co, 1917 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Henry James's posthumously published unfinished comedy of manners, including an eerie account of time travel. The first edition, first impression. Published over a month prior to the first US edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece.In this fascinating tale, a young New Yorker trades places with a remote ancestor in early nineteenth-century England, and encounters many complications in his new surroundings.The work was left unfinished at the time of James's death, but James left extensive notes on how the novel would continue. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with back strip lightly age toned. Rubbing to front board. Hinges strained, but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright, with only the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Keywords: The Sense of the Past Henry James time travel comedy of manners Henry James None
Price: GBP 90.00 = appr. US$ 128.52 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 934F8
- Book number: 934F8
See more books from our catalog: Modern Fiction