Author: Henry James
Title: A Little Tour in France
Description: London, William Heinemann, 1907. Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated account of the author's time in France. Later edition. Illustrated with ninety-four images, twelve of which are on plates. Collated complete. A delightful book of travel writing that recounts a six-week tour James made of many provincial towns in France, including Tours, Bourges, Nantes, Toulouse, Arles and several others. Written by Henry James, an American-British author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. Illustrated by Joseph Pennell, an American draftsman, etcher, lithographer, and illustrator for books and magazines. In the original blue cloth binding with gilt. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Small splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light age toning to the endpapers. A contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: Joseph Pennell. Very Good .

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