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New York / London: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1905. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good -. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. A Very Good - copy. 8vo., 241 pp., illustrated with a frontispiece, with guard, and numerous b&w plates. Bound in green cloth, with the titles in gilt and red on the spine and front board. Top edge gilt. Shelf wear; top edge a bit dust soiled. Spine darkened a bit. Hinges cracking. Previous owner's neat signature on a front end paper. A Very Good - copy. *** William Dean Howells (1837-1920), "The Dean of American Letters", was a realist novelist, and influential editor and literary critic of The Atlantic Monthly. His column, "Editor's Study", introduced America to the European novels and essays of Emile Zola, Leo Tolstoy, Giovanna Verga and others. He foresaw the shift in America from romantic poetry to "realism", particularly in novels. ***.

New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1905. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo., (7)241pp. Sharp First Trade Edition, bound in green cloth with titles in gilt on spine and in gilt on front board with a gilt-edged red first initials. Top edge gilt. A couple of dozen illustrations including tissue-guarded frontis. Square, tight and clean throughout with some fairly mild wear to spine ends, edges and tips. Spine a bit dulled. Light soiling but no foxing. Frontis tissue guard partially torn. A solid collectable copy at a great price. ( BAL #9762).

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1905. First Edition, First Printing; green c w/gilt lettering; Top edge gilt; shelf rubbing of edges; 241 clean, unmarked pages. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by B/W Illus. 8 Vo; 2 Pounds.