TRANSATLANTIC SKETCHES by James, Henry Jr - 1875

Very Good. 1888 decorated front board very nice tight x library

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Good. 1882. Hardcover. 401 pages, original brown pictorial cloth with gilt stamping. This is an ex-library copy with usual markings inside and out. Pages 99-118 are loose but laid-in- the hinges are cracked, creating a loose binding. Good for reading or reference. .

Boston: James R. Oosgood, 1875. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 19th Century European travel, 401 pages, First Edition, this hardcover is bound in light brown cloth with gilt decorations in a flower motif, the author's second book, issued without dust jacket, with the attractive armorial bookplate of Charles Plummer on front paste down, Plummer was an English historian, this copy with the scarce later binding with Houghton Mifflin & Company on lower spine panel, Book is Very Good with some light edge, corner wear, edge foxing, light wear to head and heel of spine, sound binding with Fine text. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Boston: James R. Osgood and Co, 1875. First edition of James's second book, 12mo, pp. vi, [7]-401; original brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine; spine sunned, spine extremities chipped; good and sound. First binding with the Osgood imprint on the spine; the sheets in this copy are sewn rather than stapled which BAL surmises is first in the binding order. "Publisher's records show there was but one printing of this date: 1578 copies printed April 21, 1875" (BAL). BAL 10530; Edel A2.

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1875. This is the rust brown Firrst Edition of Henry James's second book. Spine color faded, otherwise a Good copy. There is an inscription from a former owner dated December 25, 1875, the same year as publication. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Near Fine in Edel and Laurence's "A" binding. Rust-colored cloth, lightly rubbed at the surface and edges. Square and firmly bound with a faded top stain, brown endpapers, former owner's signature on the second front free endpaper, clean otherwise. James's second book, a collection of writings previously published in newspapers. This copy from the personal library of Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Maurice Sendak.

1875. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1875. One preliminary page undated ads. Original green cloth, beveled. First Edition of Henry James's second book, which consisted of either 1500 (per E&L) or 1578 (per Blanck) copies. Published in the same year as his first (A PASSIONATE PILGRIM), this is a collection of travel sketches from his journeys around Europe in 1872-1874. This copy is in the first binding state, with "J.R. Osgood & Co." at the foot of the spine (later copies read "Houghton, Osgood & Co." and then "Houghton, Mifflin & Co."). The cloth color is green; other copies were in purple or terra-cotta, without priority. It is a near-fine copy (minor rubbing at the corners, rear endpaper cracking but tight). Supino 2.2.0; Edel & Laurence A2a; Blanck 10530.

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Near Fine in Edel and Laurence's "B" binding. Green cloth, lightly rubbed at the surface and edges. Square and firmly bound, a few small stains at the top edge, brown endpapers, clean internally. James's second book, a collection of writings previously published in newspapers. This copy from the personal library of Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Maurice Sendak.