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First Edition. Three volumes. Bound recently in 3/4 black morocco and marbled boards with gilt-decorated spines, all edges gilt; with the half-titles, but without the ad leaves at the end of volumes II and III. A fine set; only 750 copies were printed. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

The Princess Casamassima is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly in 1885-1886 and then as a book in 1886. The novel is a story about London bookbinder Hyacinth Robinson, who becomes involved in radical politics and a terrorist assassination plot. The book combines themes of political activism and social reform with James's characteristic psychological insight.