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Daisy Miller: A Study
by JAMES, Henry, Jr
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1879. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, [N.d., ca. 1879].
First edition, later issue. Issued as Harper's Half-Hour Series .This issue proceeds the first english edition. This copy with copyright date of 1877 at front wrapper, date of 1878 at copyright page, no date at title page and 120 titles for this series listed in ads.
Twelvemo. (Measures 4 13/16 x 3 1/8 inches). [1], 116; 12 ads, pp.
Publisher's original printed wrappers lettered in black and red, rebacked in tan cloth. Previous owner's signature on first page, newspaper clipping mounted to last page. Front cover chipped at corners. Overall, very good copy of this fragile book.
"[Daisy Miller] deals with an unsophisticated, 'strikingly, admirably pretty' girl from Schenectady traveling through Europe who runs athwart the conventions of a group of Europeanized Americans who enforce the rules of the older European community with unthinking severity. The book aroused controversy when it first appeared, some reviewers taking it as a libel on American manners, but it later became one of the most popular of James's writings." (Benét's 247)
BAL 10538. Benet's 247.
HBS 67239.
$500.
First edition, later issue. Issued as Harper's Half-Hour Series .This issue proceeds the first english edition. This copy with copyright date of 1877 at front wrapper, date of 1878 at copyright page, no date at title page and 120 titles for this series listed in ads.
Twelvemo. (Measures 4 13/16 x 3 1/8 inches). [1], 116; 12 ads, pp.
Publisher's original printed wrappers lettered in black and red, rebacked in tan cloth. Previous owner's signature on first page, newspaper clipping mounted to last page. Front cover chipped at corners. Overall, very good copy of this fragile book.
"[Daisy Miller] deals with an unsophisticated, 'strikingly, admirably pretty' girl from Schenectady traveling through Europe who runs athwart the conventions of a group of Europeanized Americans who enforce the rules of the older European community with unthinking severity. The book aroused controversy when it first appeared, some reviewers taking it as a libel on American manners, but it later became one of the most popular of James's writings." (Benét's 247)
BAL 10538. Benet's 247.
HBS 67239.
$500.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heritage Book Shop, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 67239
- Title
- Daisy Miller
- Author
- JAMES, Henry, Jr
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1879
- Keywords
- Nineteenth-Century Literature
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About the Seller
Heritage Book Shop, LLC
Biblio member since 2006
Beverly Hills, California
About Heritage Book Shop, LLC
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- Wrappers
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- Cloth
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- Copyright page
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- Title Page
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