6 vols. books: American authors published 1877-1943 James, Henry. THE LITERARY REMAINS OF THE LATE HENRY JAMES. 1st ed. Ed. William James. Boston: Osgood, 1885. Red cloth binding with gilt lettering; frontispiece portrait of Henry James; 8vo. (Spine sunned, and fraying pieces at head and tail, corners worn and fraying, frontispiece foxed interior clean and some signatures beginning to loosen, hinges repaired). James, Henry, Jr. THE AMERICAN. 2nd ed. Boston: Mifflin, 1877. Brown cloth cover with tooled and gilt decoration; 12mo. ( Binding loose, spine extremities worn and bent, minor foxing to endpapers, interior clean, VG). Lewis, Sinclair. GIDEON PLANISH. 1st printing. New York: Random House, 1943. Oatmeal cloth cover with red and-gilt lettering on spine and gilt "SL" on cover; with dust jacket; 8vo. (Cover with minor stain, dust jacket worn with scratches and nicks, endpapers and leaf edges with staining). EX"IT". Illus. L. F. Grant. 1st ed. New York: Vanguard, 1930. Black cloth binding with red tooled lettering; with frontispiece illustration; 12mo. (Spine extremities bent, front cover with white spots, first free endpaper with inscription to owner, leaves beginning to yellow slightly, leaf ends with foxing, bookmark between pp. 118 and 119 left acid stain, approx. 1in, interior somewhat tight, G+). Croffut, W. A. THE VANDERBILTS AND THE STORY OF THEIR FORTUNE. Chicago: Belford, 1886. With mounted photograph of "The Commodore" - Cornelius Vanderbilt, "founder of the wealth of the Vanderbilts." Green cloth cover with gilt lettering and printed illustrations; with portrait frontispiece of Cornelius Vanderbilt; presentation copy. (Photograph yellowed with age, with penciling on verso, book spine and covers worn, binding beginning to loosen, endpapers discolored). James, Henry. PARTIAL PORTRAITS. London: Macmillan, 1888. Dark green cloth binding with gilt lettering; 12mo. (Spine extremities bent, ends of leaves wrinkled, back endpaper with bookseller's label, some signatures beginning to loosen, with light pencil markings on endpapers, near fine).