Henry James's Waistcoat - Letters to Mrs Ford, 1907 - 1915: Hardback: Limited Ed

Foreword by Philip Horne, edited by Rosalind Bleach.

Published by Stone Trough Books, York, 2007. Limited edition of 600 copies. Hardback cover with dustjacket (unclipped), 79 pages.

CONDITION
Overall fair condition - see photos. Some wear/water marks to dustjacket, particularly at the back. Actual hardcover in very good condition. Gift inscription to author James Runcie to frontispiece. Otherwise no names or writing.

When, in 1999, Rosalind Bleach discovered some forty letters from Henry James in a bureau that had belonged to her mother, she was naturally astonished. Her mother had never mentioned their existence. They were written to Mrs Ford, a friend and country neighbour whose name appears only occasionally in James's notebooks. As Philip Horne writes, the fine old letters 'breathe an air of relaxed affection and intimate warmth that makes "Henry James's Waistcoat" a comfort to - well, put on'. And the story they tell is framed by the editor's account of the mysterious way the letters came down to her.

(Bindery shelf B2)