Henry James: The Master, 1901-1916.

(James.) EDEL (Leon)

Henry James: The Master, 1901-1916.

Description: FIRST EDITION, frontispiece and further monochrome plates, pp. 589, crown 8vo, original terracotta cloth, backstrip and upper board lettered in gilt, top edge brown, a couple of spots to fore-edge, address label of Barbara Bagenal and her long ex dono inscription to flyleaf, dustjacket with browned backstrip panel and a few spots, good

Publication Details: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1972

Notes: The copy of Bloomsbury Group member, artist Barbara Bagenal (née Hiles) - a friend of Carrington from the Slade who assisted the Woolfs with their early printing. Her ex dono inscription records it as the gift of George A. Spater, American Airways executive and Woolf biographer, who had visited in order to 'talk about Virginia'. Beneath her inscription is that of the author: 'Barbara Bagenal, How nice to find this book here on this surprise visit - to commemorate a delightful hour, Leon Edel, 10 August 1973'.[With:] A first edition copy of the previous volume of Edel's biography - Henry Jame...moreThe copy of Bloomsbury Group member, artist Barbara Bagenal (née Hiles) - a friend of Carrington from the Slade who assisted the Woolfs with their early printing. Her ex dono inscription records it as the gift of George A. Spater, American Airways executive and Woolf biographer, who had visited in order to 'talk about Virginia'. Beneath her inscription is that of the author: 'Barbara Bagenal, How nice to find this book here on this surprise visit - to commemorate a delightful hour, Leon Edel, 10 August 1973'.[With:] A first edition copy of the previous volume of Edel's biography - Henry James: The Untried Years, 1843-1870 - in less good condition and without mark of ownership (but also from Bagenal's library). HIDE