A Passionate Pilgrim

£950 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

A very good first edition example of the first book by Henry James. One of approximately 1500 copies with the correct imprint 'J.R.Osgood Co' on spine. There was no separate English edition. First edition, first printing, first state binding (the gilt stamp to the foot of the spine bearing publisher's name 'J.R.Osgood Co' without a full stop); 8vo; some marginal toning, contents separating a little; publisher's terracotta cloth, spine darkened, rubbed at corners and along joints, a few marks and scuffs, a little frayed and nicked at spine ends; [2 (blank), 7], 496 pp. Edel Laurence A1; BAL 10529

• Binding: Hardcover

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