First thus. 224pp, with colour and black and white illustrations. Brown cloth-covered boards overprinted with pictorial scene of Venice, gilt lettering front and spine. Colour patterned endpapers. There is a little chipping along the upper edge of the rear endpapers. Gift inscription neatly inked opposite title page else volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout.
A nicely curated collection of essays capturing Henry James' impressions of Italy, originally written a hundred or so years ago, with first hand accounts of Rome, Venice, Milan, Naples, and Florence, accompanied by contemporary drawings and paintings of the Italian scenes James' captures.
