The Ambassadors. With Illustrations by Leslie Saalburg and A Preface by the Author. [Baltimore]: The Limited Editions Club, 1963.
One of 1,500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. This being copy no. 461.
Quarto. 408 pp. Including sixteen tipped-in plates, one being a frontispiece. Publisher's quarter white buckram over crimson buckram boards, spine printed in red and gilt, front cover printed in red and gilt. A fine copy with original slipcase. Touch of rubbing to slipcase, with top edge split, but still solid.
The story of a wealthy American widow who sends “ambassadors†to France to try and persuade her wayward son to return to America and take up the family business.
James (1843-1916) was one of the founders of the realism school in American fiction. His best-known works include Portrait of a Lady, The Tragic Muse and The Wings of the Dove.
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