Maurice Sendak's Copy
The Question of Our Speech / The Lesson of Balzac. Two lectures by Henry James. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1905. 1st edition. Limited to 300 copies. [Edel & Laurence bibliography, A61.b)
From the personal library of author and illustrator Maurice Sendak. Auction house provenance slip laid in from a sale on behalf of the Rosenbach Museum of Philadelphia. Sendak (1928-2012) was an avid book collector whose sizable library included many items by and about Henry James.
116 pp., with untrimmed edges. Small 8vo hardcover. 7.75 x 4.75 inches. Cloth spine with paper label and gray paper-covered boards. Light wear but about Near Fine overall. Pencil notations and small catalog label in rear of book. New, clear archival jacket.