Description
The first edition, first issue of The Awkward Age by Henry James, in the publisher’s first state binding.
Octavo, vi, 414pp, [34pp ads]. Publisher’s blue cloth, title in gilt on the front cover and spine. The first state binding, with four irises on the front panel. This is the first issue text, with the title page in black and red print. Notable wear to tips of the spine, light soiling to the spine. Wear at head of the spine from handling. Light foxing to endpapers, internally clean. Solid text block.
(BAL 10637) (Edel, A53a) (Supino A53.1.0)
The London edition preceded the American edition by a few weeks. The novel first appeared in Harper’s Weekly between 1898 and 1899.
