JAMES, HENRY — English Hours

LONDON, Barrie & Jenkins. 1989, First Thus. (ISBN: 0712621229) Decorative Hardcover. Book, Henry James' letters about England were written in various periodicals during the period 1870-1890 and first published as a collection in 1905. English Hours is an affectionate portrait, warts and all, of the country that was to become Henry James's adopted homeland. One of the great travel writers of his time, James takes the reader on a series of visits, ranging from Winchelsea to Warwick, taking in abbeys and castles, sea-fronts and race-courses. His sense of the past is as strong as his extraordinary ability to evoke the present - the light and air of Woolwich, or London in the fog - something no one could ever mind as much again after reading this book. This handsome reprint is enhanced throughout by fine drawings, some from the original edition by Joseph Pennell, and by other artists and also by many fine colour plates of scenic paintings of the period. 222p. illus. map Green cloth cover, decorated endpapers. NOTE: Heavy [ 900 gr ] Oversized volume [ 22 x 20 x2 cm] Nice gift for an Anglophile friend. As New/No Jacket.