Powers lyall harris ed (6 risultati)

Hb. Condizione: VG. Condizione sovraccoperta: VG. 412pp. Extremities book & Dj lightly rubbed; light soiling Dj covers. Illus.; footnotes; appendices; index.

1990 Powers, Lyall, ed HENRY JAMES AND EDITH WHARTON: LETTERS 1900-1915 NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, c1990 first printing 412pp index, black and white illustrations 8vo Fine hardcover in d/j.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Clean except for a prior owner's name on the front free endpaper and some very sparse, short pencil marks in margins; hard cover shows only light shelfwear at corners and heel; dust jacket has short edge tears at the top free corners, a short, deep pressure mark at the upper rear, mild shelfwear along edges, and a little crimping at spine ends, otherwise well-kept. xxix, 633pp.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. near fine. First edition. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a tiny chip top edge of front panel. Illustrated endpapers. xv+ 412 pp. with index. Authors Henry James and Edith Wharton maintained a correspondence that spanned the first fifteen years of the 20th century. It was the time when James entered his "major phase" with the publication of "The Wings of the Dove", "The Ambassadors", "The Golden Bowl" and the revised "Portrait of A Lady. Wharton's career blossomed equally during this period with "The House of Mirth", "Ethan Frome", and The Custom of the Country". Their letters are rich in the cultural history of the time and offer great insight into the personalities of these two American literary giants.…

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING of this hardcover book. Full number line including the "1". Black cloth on royal blue paper boars with gold foil lettering on spine. Boards are rigid and warp-free. Spine is flat and square. Corners are crisp. No previous owner marks (no names, no underlining, no bookplates, etc). No remainder marks. DUST JACKET complete, NOT price-clipped [$29.95]. Clean and crisp, showing only the absolute minimal shelf wear or slight rubbing on corners. Will be protected with an archival book jacket cover. Photos coming! In the meantime, contact us now to request pictures of the ACTUAL book you will receive. All of our books are in-stock and ready to be shipped immediately. Synopsis Edited by Lyall H. Powers, Henry James and Edith Wharton: Letters, 1900-1915 collects the surviving correspondence between two legendary American expatriate novelists. Spanning fifteen years until James's death, the letters document their deep literary mentorship, shared wit, mutual affection, and the personal trials of their later lives. Key Aspects of the Correspondence Lopsided Survival: The collection heavily features Henry James's letters, with very few surviving from Edith Wharton, largely due to historical destruction of correspondence. The "Master" and "Cher Maître": The letters trace how their relationship evolved from initial polite literary admiration into a close, playful, and protective bond. Literary and Personal Life: They candidly discuss their own writing processes, critique contemporary authors, share travels, and navigate personal strains, including Wharton's troubled marriage and a passionate extramarital affair. Mutual Support: Highlights include Wharton secretly funneling her own royalties to secure James a massive financial advance and James offering keen aesthetic appraisals of her evolving fiction. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. xiv, 192p. (Studies in Modern Literature, 84.).