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The portrait of a lady

Title
The portrait of a lady / by Henry James, Jr.
Publication
Boston ; New York : Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1882.
Manufacture
Cambridge [Massachusetts] : The Riverside Press
Copyright Notice Date
©1881
Physical Description
520 pages ; 20 cm
Local Notes
BEIN Za J233 881b Copy 1: Bookplate of Owen Aldis. Is on thinner paper than copies 2 & 3, is brown with light brown end papers. BBL second issue with corrected readings. Has ... by ... on page 29 (torn in 2 & 3). Have ... on page 33 (torn in copy 3).
BEIN Za J233 881b Copy 2: Bookplate of Chauncey Brewster Tinker. In grey cloth with final endpapers pasted in yellow. BBL second issue with corrected readings. Have ... on page 33 (torn in copy 3).
BEIN Za J233 881b Copy 3: Bookplate of Kenneth Roberts. In brown cloth with final endpapers pasted in grey (IC Roberts bookplate). BBL second issue with corrected readings.
BEIN Supino James 159: Autograph: L.E. Opdycke, 19 Nov. 1881, '59 Kirkland Street.' Ms. notes by Opdycke regarding hearing Henry James speak about the book at a dinner in 1883 in Boston. Numerous clippings of reviews of the book pasted in. Accompanied by bookseller's description. Chocolate-brown binding. From the David J. Supino Collection of Henry James.
BEIN Supino James 160: Bookplate of Arthur Johan Anderson. Accompanied by bookseller's description. Tan binding. From the David J. Supino Collection of Henry James.
BEIN Supino James 161: Autograph: Dewitt Miller, Forest Glen, Maryland. Accompanied by bookseller's description. Pea-green binding. From the David J. Supino Collection of Henry James.
BEIN Supino James 162: Accompanied by bookseller's description. Chocolate-brown binding. Publisher's imprint on spine printed on two lines. From the David J. Supino Collection of Henry James.
BEIN Supino James 163: Autograph: H.J. Osgood, Dec. 14, 1881. Pea-green binding. From the David J. Supino Collection of Henry James.
BEIN Supino James 164: Bookplate of Helen Barry. Accompanied by bookseller's description. Tan binding. From the David J. Supino Collection of Henry James.
BEIN Supino James 165: Accompanied by bookseller's description. Tan binding. From the David J. Supino Collection of Henry James.
BEIN Supino James 166: Autograph: Mary Powers Harris, 1607 Walnut St. Accompanied by bookseller's description. Chocolate-brown binding. From the David J. Supino Collection of Henry James.
BEIN Supino James 167: Bookplate with initials: DDG. Accompanied by annotated bookseller's description. Pea-green binding. From the David J. Supino Collection of Henry James.
BEIN Supino James 168: Bookseller's stamp: DeWitt & Snelling, booksellers, two stores, 1609 Telegraph Ave, 620 Fourteenth St, Oakland, Cal. Accompanied by annotated bookseller's description. Tan binding. From the David J. Supino Collection of Henry James.
BEIN Supino James 169: Accompanied by bookseller's description. Chocolate-brown binding. From the David J. Supino Collection of Henry James.
BEIN Tanselle Z22 0226: Brown binding. Manuscript notes from unidentified hand throughout. Presentation inscription: Mabel H. Chapin, from R.B.J. Dec. 25th '81. Bookseller's label: W.B. Clarke & Carruth, Booksellers, Boston, Mass.
Notes
Four unnumbered pages at end are blank.
Bindings are in chocolate brown, pea-green, or tan cloth, all with lettering and decoration in red-brown and gilt.
Summary
Isabel receives proposals of marriage from two men, but she hesitates to lose her independence. Eventually she weds a third man, but the marriage soon becomes cold and bitter.
Other formats
Online version: James, Henry, 1843-1916. Portrait of a lady. Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1882 [1881]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 04, 2015
References
Supino, D.J. Henry James (second edition), entries 16.5.0, 16.6.0, 16.7.0, 16.8.0, 16.9.0, 16.10.0, 16.11.0, 16.11.1, 16.11.2, 16.12.0, 16.12.1
Blanck, J. Bibliography of American literature, 10554
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Psychological fiction.
Romance fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Novels.
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