1st thus. 78pp. This edition of the Jolly Gardener is film set in 14 on 16 point Bembo and printed on a Miller perfector. The illustrations are reproduced in 200 line screen. The paper is 135 gramme Terra Nova Cream Matt Art. Jacket and endpapers are Strathmore Americana, and bound in Tamar Half-Linen, with typesetting, printing and binding were done by W J Mackay Limited, of Chatham, Kent. 4to. Boards are very slightly rounded at corners. Internally neat, clean, bright ad tight. In its original dust jacket, a little toned at edges, sunned around spine, with a couple of minor marks. A very handsome edition, produced to high standards, with exquisite full page plate illustrations. The Jolly Corner, first published in The English Review in 1908, is one of the masterpieces of James' later period; a ghost story in which Spencer Bolton returns to New York after an absence of 33 years, only to become convinced the empty house is occupied by his alter ego, the man he might have been if he had never left.
