Henry James THE AMBASSADORS 1st/dj First printing Fine copy w/ dust jacket

Description: Shipping Henry James THE AMBASSADORS 1st/dj First printing Fine copy w/ dust jacket THE AMBASSADORS by Henry James, a fine first edition / first printing in the rare linen dust jacket. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1903. First Edition, first printing, with the statement "Published November, 1903" on copyright page, as required. And with matching dates of 1903 on both title page and copyright page, as required. (This is correct designation for FIRST EDITION and FIRST PRINTING of this book.) Original light blue boards, titles to spine in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With the original dark blue stiff cloth jacket. First US edition, first printing. This American printing is notable in that chapters 28 and 29 are in reverse order, an error not found in the English edition and later perpetuated in the New York edition of the collected works. One of only 4000 copies published. FINE (Pristine) hardcover in a FINE (Pristine) dust jacket. Light blue cloth, gilt titles, in a clean dark blue cloth dust wrapper. A fine, fresh copy: clean, bright, tight copy with the bookplate of notable children's author, Marietta Taska Clark Silliman on front pastedown endpage. No ownership markings otherwise. Text very clean and bright. Page edge equally clean, with no fingerprints. Looks unread. Slightest indication of a push to two of the corners. Small freckle to gold gilt top edge. Fine dark blue cloth dust jacket with remarkably bright gilt titles to the spine. The finest dust jacket we've seen. A spectacular copy of a rare book. First Edition of Henry James' masterpiece which follows the trip of protagonist Lewis Lambert Strether to Europe in pursuit of Chad, his widowed fiancée's supposedly rebellious son; he is to bring the young man back to the family business, but he encounters unexpected complications. The third-person narrative is told exclusively from Strether's point of view. Henry James is regarded as one the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. The Ambassadors is on numerous '100 greatest' lists and was voted # 18 on Daniel S. Burt's, "The Novel 100," a ranking of the 100 greatest novels of all time. Buyer to pay $8 Priority Mail shipping within the United States. International shipments made at $40 via Priority International. All books may be returned for any reason within 30 days of receipt, with prior notification. If you have any questions, please email me! We accept and prefer payment via Paypal. International winners, most items can be shipped in the Global Priority flat rate envelope for $12.95 provided the item is not oversized. Thank you for bidding! Shipping & Handling Back to Top US Shipping$8.00 USPS Priority Mail® International Shipping$40.00 USPS Priority Mail International FREE scheduling, supersized images and templates. Get Vendio Sales Manager.Make your listings stand out with FREE Vendio custom templates! FREE scheduling, supersized images and templates. Get Vendio Sales Manager.

Price: 2000 USD

Location: Honolulu, Hawaii

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