The Scenic Art; Notes on Acting & the Drama: 1872-1901

New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Edited and with an Introduction and Notes by Allan Wade. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($4.50), generally toned and soiled, lightly rubbed at the edges. Green buckram with a red ink panel with gilt lettering and designs on the spine edge. Square and firmly bound with a green top stain. A collection of thirty-two critical essays written by James between 1872 and 1901. This copy comes from the personal collection of Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Maurice Sendak.