The Ambassadors by Henry James [ILLUSTRATED SPECIAL EDITION] 1963 • The Heritage Press

The Ambassadors by Henry James and illustrated by Leslie Saalburg

ILLUSTRATED SPECIAL EDITION [1963] THE HERITAGE PRESS

Beautiful oversized cloth-bound hardcover with gilded frontispiece, gold slipcase, and full color illustrations throughout by Leslie Saalburg.

Book is in excellent condition.  Shelf wear to slipcase.  Some minor discoloration to cloth.  Tight binding.  Inside, pages look and read as new. 

Concerned that her son Chad may have become involved with a woman of dubious reputation, the formidable Mrs. Newsome sends her 'ambassador' Strether from Massachusetts to Paris to extricate him. Strether's mission, however, is gradually undermined as he falls under the spell of the city and finds Chad refined rather than corrupted by its influence and that of his charming companion, the comtesse de Vionnet. As the summer wears on, Mrs. Newsome comes to the conclusion that she must send another envoy to Paris to confront the errant Chad, and a Strether whose view of the world has changed profoundly. James' favourite novel and one of the greatest of his late works, "The Ambassadors" is a subtle and often witty exploration of different American responses to a European environment.