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London: Macmillan, 1886. First edition, first printing (one of 500 copies), with the running head in vol. I on p. 31 marked as chapter II instead of III. [iv], 244; [iv], 226, [2] (ads); [iv], 232, [4] (ads) pp. 3 vols. 8vo. Dark green-blue fine graned cloth, covers ruled in black and spine with black and gilt, brown coated endpapers. Spines with slight lean, occasional bump to corners, superficial splitting to cloth along top edge of spine to vol. I and along rear hinge of vol. II., closed tear to cloth of head of vol. I. Near fine in custom silk slipcase. First edition, first printing (one of 500 copies), with the running head in vol. I on p. 31 marked as chapter II instead of III. [iv], 244; [iv], 226, [2] (ads); [iv], 232, [4] (ads) pp. 3 vols. 8vo. A presentation copy, with printed slip tipped-in at beginning of volume one ("From the Author"). A lovely copy of the first edition of James's novel that first appeared as a serial in The Century Magazine in 1885-86. It was an…

The Bostonians is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Century Magazine in 1885–1886 and then as a book in 1886. The novel is a bittersweet tragicomedy centered on an odd triangle of characters: Basil Ransom, a political conservative from Mississippi; Olive Chancellor, Ransom's cousin and a Boston feminist; and Verena Tarrant, a pretty, young protégée of Olive's in the feminist movement. The story concerns the struggle between Ransom and Olive for Verena's allegiance and the effect that struggle has on all of their lives.

The Bostonians is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Century Magazine in 1885–1886 and then as a book in 1886.