{"product_id":"the-aspern-papers-henry-james","title":"The Aspern Papers, Henry James","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication\u003c\/b\u003e: London, The Folio Press, 1990\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFormatting\u003c\/b\u003e: 8vo, pp. 92.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/b\u003e: Near Fine. A bright, well-preserved copy with its quarter green cloth spine and gilt title tooling remaining unoxidised and sharp. The patterned Fabriano Ingres paper boards are remarkably clean, showing only the most trivial hints of shelf-wear to the extreme corners. The binding remains firm and perfectly square, with tight, sound hinges. Internally, the Magnani mould-made paper text-block is wonderfully crisp and completely free from foxing or blemishes, retaining its original freshness throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/b\u003e: This finely crafted edition features the definitive text of the 1908 New York edition of the classic novella. The volume is notably well-produced, having been printed in Dante type at the Stamperia Valdonega in Verona and quarter-bound in cloth with patterned paper sides by Legatoria Torriani of Milan. It is beautifully complemented by atmospheric colour lithographs by Edward Piper, which were printed at The Senecio Press in Oxfordshire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eCopies preserved in such tight, unblemished condition, without the typical fading to the spine or rubbing to the delicate paper boards, remain highly desirable for collectors of fine press literature and late-Victorian fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eSet against the enchanting, decaying grandeur of Venice, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"64\"\u003eThe Aspern Papers\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful tale of literary obsession and psychological intrigue. The novella follows an unnamed American editor on a ruthless quest to acquire the private, unpublished letters of the late Romantic poet Jeffrey Aspern. Renting a room from the poet's fiercely guarded former lover, Juliana Bordereau, and her timid niece, the narrator weaves a web of deceit that ultimately challenges the boundaries of privacy, morality, and ambition. The work remains one of the most brilliant and suspenseful explorations of human manipulation in the English language.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55239572422995,"sku":"5953","price":75.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20261005_125305.jpg?v=1791359785","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/the-aspern-papers-henry-james","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}