Henry James — Essays in London and Elsewhere

London, James R. Osgood & Co. 1893. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of literary criticism from American-British author Henry James. First edition. With a description of the author pasted to the title page and a portrait pasted to page one. No further additions. A collection of essays of literary criticism on a wide range of writers including James Russell Lowell, Gustave Flaubert, Robert Browning and Henrik Ibsen. The book also included an interesting general essay on the role of the critic in literature and a piece of travel writing about London. Written by Henry James, an American-British author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. In the original brown cloth binding. Externally, sound with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Cloth lifting slightly to the tip of the front board. Hinges just starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small spot to the first and last few pages only. Age toning to the endpapers. Extra-illustrated with a description of the author pasted to the title page and a portrait pasted to page one. A contemporary ink inscription to the half title. Good . Ill.: None. Good .