Henry James — Notes of a Son and Brother

London, Macmillan and Co. 1914. First edition. Cloth. A bright first UK edition of Henry James's autobiographical work, one of the last books James saw to the press before his stroke in December 1915, and his death three months later. The first edition UK edition, published only six days after the US true first. Illustrated throughout with a frontispiece of the portrait of William James, by himself, and five plates. Collated, complete. With an advertisement leaf to the rear. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding. With bookplate of one' R. G. Miall' to front paste down.  A fascinating autobiography by Henry James, one of the greatest novelists in the English language. Following James' adulthood and his first experiences as a writer, the premature death of his cousin, and revelations of the obscure hurt that kept him out of the Civil War.    In the publisher's original blue cloth binding. Externally in excellent condition with slight bumping to the extremities. Bookplate to front paste down and contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper. The odd mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot and offsetting from plates. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .