The American
by Henry James
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press, 1877. Very Good. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press, 1877. Later printing with no mention of Osgood imprint on spine. Octavo. 473 pages. Brown boards stamped in gilt.
Light wear to extremities with a few scuffs to rear board. Binding is sound. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Overall a very good and sound copy.
Light wear to extremities with a few scuffs to rear board. Binding is sound. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Overall a very good and sound copy.
Synopsis
Christopher Newman, a 'self-made' American millionaire in France, falls in love with the beautiful aristocratic Claire de Bellegarde. Her family, however, taken aback by his brash American manner, rejects his proposal of marriage. When Newman discovers a guilty secret in the Bellegardes' past, he confronts a moral dilemma: Should he expose them and thus gain his revenge? James's masterly early work is at once a social comedy, a melodramatic romance and a realistic novel of manners.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6873
- Title
- The American
- Author
- Henry James
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1877
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...