Selected Tales. By Henry James. Illustrated by Jeffrey W. Cornell. Limited Edition. Franklin Library. Franklin Center, 1979.

Henry James was a late nineteenth and early twentieth century novelist who ushered in literary modernism. He was born in America but emigrated to England. He began publishing in the 1870s and produced a remarkable number of literary classics. His works are known for their mastery of the internal lives of their characters, a quality renowned by the modernists who followed him. Although he wrote many exceptional novels, James is also highly regarded as a short story writer, and in fact, some of his short stories are his most lasting contributions. In this volume, they are collected alongside illustrations by Jeffrey W. Cornell. They include “Daisy Miller”, “The Marriages”, and “The Turn of the Screw”. Together they represent some of his best work.

This limited edition is in fine condition. In the original blue leather, finely gilt stamped. Raised bands. Gilt spine labels. Text block fine. Gilt edges. Silk moire endpapers and bookmark sewn in.

A fine collector’s copy of the Selected Tales of Henry James.