THE AMERICAN SCENE; By Henry James / Introduction by Irving Howe
New York: Horizon Press, 1967. B&W photos. First Edition Thus Illustrated. Cloth. Thick small quarto (9 1/2" x 6 1/2" c 1 7/8"), brown cloth with gold lettering on spine, Preface by Henry James, Introduction by Irving Howe, illustrated with 50 glossy sepia-toned images, archival polyester-protected pictorial brown dust jacket (unclipped: $7.50) with photo of HJ in a chair, xviii + 465 pages. Weight: 2 lbs. 5 oz. Near Fine / Very Good. Item #9390
SUPERIOR CONDITION: tight, clean, square copy with minimal wear; light age-toning to the pages. Some rubbing and edgewear to the unclipped dust jacket. No previous ownership marks or annotaions.
Henry James, OM (1843 – 1916) was an American-turned-British author regarded as a major figure between literary realism and literary modernism. He is considered among the greatest novelists in the English language.
James is well known for novels dealing with the social and marital interplay between emigre Americans, the English, and Europeans. He was repeatedly nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. This splendid volume relates James' travels and observations about America and our character.
Price: $35.00