William Wetmore Story and His Friends
by Henry James
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$345.61NZ$311.05
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About This Item
London : William Blackwood and Sons, 1903. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5". Not Stated. A complete two volume set of this biography of sculptor William Wetmore Story by Henry James, in the first edition. First edition copies, complete in two volumes. William Wetmore Story was an American sculptor, art critic, poet and editor and this volume details his life, work and friends from letters, diaries and recollections. Some of the friends include Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning and James Russell Lowell. Written by Henry James, the American-British author who is considered amongst the greatest novelists in the English language. With a frontispiece to both volumes. Some of the pages remain unopened. Both are in the original cloth bindings. Externally, very smart with some light marks to the boards and light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Some of the pages remain unopened. Internally, firmly bound with bright pages with some light scattered spots to the first and last few pages. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 859B62
- Title
- William Wetmore Story and His Friends
- Author
- Henry James
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Blackwood and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1903
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- William Wetmore Story and His Friends henry James biography William Wetmore Story henry James
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Cloth
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- 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....
- First Edition
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