Research Catalog

Title

Stories of writers and artists / Henry James ; edited with an introduction by F. O. Matthiessen.

Author

James, Henry, 1843-1916

Publication

New York : New Directions Books, [1956]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Matthiessen, F. O. (Francis Otto), 1902-1950
• Lustig, Alvin, 1915-1955
• New Directions Publishing, publisher
• James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints

Description

346 pages; 21 cm.

Series Statement

A New Directions paperbook ; Giant P. 57

Uniform Title

Short stories. Selections. 1956

Alternative Title

• Short stories. 1956
• Stories of artists & writers
• Stories of artists and writers

Subject

• Authors > Fiction
• Artists > Fiction
• Artists
• Authors

Genre/Form

• Short stories.
• Fiction.

Note

• "A New Directions book" -- title page.
• "New Directions Books are published by James Laughlin -- title page verso.
• Publication date from Carruth and Harrison.
• Bound from last sheets of second edition (hardcover) according to both Carruth and Harrison.

Indexed In (note)

• Carruth, H. New Directions reader
• Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin

Binding (note)

• Copy in Berg Coll 22-1089 bound in publishers' paperback binding with reproduction of Alvin Lustig design used on original dust jacket as issued in Modern Readers series.

Contents

Introduction: Henry James' Portrait of the artist -- The Madonna of the future (1873) -- The author of Beltraffio (1884) -- The lesson of the master (1888) -- Greville Fane (1893) -- The real thing (1893) -- The middle years (1893) -- The death of the lion (1894) -- The next time (1895) -- The figure in the carpet (1896) -- Broken wings (1900) -- The story in it (1903).

Call Number

Berg Coll 22-1089

OCLC

137967869

Author

James, Henry, 1843-1916, author.

Title

Stories of writers and artists / Henry James ; edited with an introduction by F. O. Matthiessen.

Publisher

New York : New Directions Books, [1956]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

A New Directions paperbook ; Giant P. 57

Indexed In:

Carruth, H. New Directions reader, p. 229

Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin, p. 39

Binding

Copy in Berg Coll 22-1089 bound in publishers' paperback binding with reproduction of Alvin Lustig design used on original dust jacket as issued in Modern Readers series. NN

Local Note

Copy in Berg Coll 22-1089 does not include series statement NDP57 as indicated in Carruth and Harrison, neither of which includes a Giant series, but all other details match; $1.55 price on back cover same as given in Carruth.

Copy in Berg Coll 22-1089 acquired from Leila and Daniel Javitch, 2021.

Added Author

Container of (expression): James, Henry, 1843-1916. Short stories. Selections. 1956.

Matthiessen, F. O. (Francis Otto), 1902-1950, editor, author of introduction.

Lustig, Alvin, 1915-1955, cover designer.

New Directions Publishing, publisher.

Javitch, Leila Laughlin, donor.

Javitch, Daniel, donor.

Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, former owner.

James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.

Cover Title

Stories of artists & writers

Research Call Number

Berg Coll 22-1089