The Wings of the Dove -
Henry James
1902 - Charles Scribner's Sons, New York - First Edition
Finely bound first edition set, housed in matching bespoke marbled paper lined slipcase.
The Wings of the Dove ‘represents a culmination of James’s art and, as such, of the art of the novel itself.’
‘Of the three late masterpieces that crown the extraordinary literary achievement of Henry James, The Wings of the Dove (1902) is at once the most personal and the most elemental.
Under its brilliant, coruscating surfaces, beyond the scrim of its marvellous rhetorical and psychological devices, The Wings of the Dove offers an unfettered vision of our civilization and its discontents.’ [From a later introduction]. First edition, with ‘Published, August, 1902’ to both copyright pages, and no later printings stated. In the nicer variant cloth binding of ribbed burgundy with gilt lettering and rule to the upper panels,
Reference: Edel & Laurence. Penguin Classics.
Two octavo volumes (binding size 18.8x13.7cm), pp. [2] [2] 329 [1]; [2] [2] 439 [1]. Elegantly bound in later quarter burgundy morocco over publisher’s original cloth lettered and ruled to upper panels, spines with raised bands lettered decorated and ruled in gilt, original gilt lettered cloth spines bound in to the rear of each volume, housed in matching bespoke marbled paper lined slipcase. Condition: One or two marks to a page or two else clean and fine throughout in fine later bindings and slipcase. Ref: 112677 Price: HK$ 6,000
The Wings of the Dove ‘represents a culmination of James’s art and, as such, of the art of the novel itself.’
‘Of the three late masterpieces that crown the extraordinary literary achievement of Henry James, The Wings of the Dove (1902) is at once the most personal and the most elemental.
Under its brilliant, coruscating surfaces, beyond the scrim of its marvellous rhetorical and psychological devices, The Wings of the Dove offers an unfettered vision of our civilization and its discontents.’ [From a later introduction]. First edition, with ‘Published, August, 1902’ to both copyright pages, and no later printings stated. In the nicer variant cloth binding of ribbed burgundy with gilt lettering and rule to the upper panels,
Reference: Edel & Laurence. Penguin Classics.
Two octavo volumes (binding size 18.8x13.7cm), pp. [2] [2] 329 [1]; [2] [2] 439 [1]. Elegantly bound in later quarter burgundy morocco over publisher’s original cloth lettered and ruled to upper panels, spines with raised bands lettered decorated and ruled in gilt, original gilt lettered cloth spines bound in to the rear of each volume, housed in matching bespoke marbled paper lined slipcase. Condition: One or two marks to a page or two else clean and fine throughout in fine later bindings and slipcase. Ref: 112677 Price: HK$ 6,000