James, Henry — The Ambassadors

New York, Heritage Press, 1963. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Henry James's classic novel is augmented by the illustrations of Leslie Saalburg. A sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover copy of a Heritage Press title, being a First Edition Thus. Clean, bright, unmarked interior, minimal rubbing to extremities, having been preserved well in a Good condition, paper-covered cardboard slipcase. Brick-red cloth over boards, classy gilt-lettered title in oblong burgundy label. From a collection of three dozen Heritage Press titles that belonged to an Eastern Washington professional botanist. Complete with the Sandglass newsletter. The Heritage Press operated from 1937 - 1982 and was created by George Macy, who managed with editors the reprinting of volumes from the Limited Editions Club, thus enabling fine printing exemplars to trickle down to a broader public still thirsty, newly thirsty, for classic nineteenth-century novels and biographies. xviii [3], 3-384 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine