8vo, first English edition, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT ENDPAPER ("To Sydney Waterlow | his faithful old friend | Henry James | April 23d | 1913"), frontispiece, one leaf of advertisements at the end, original dark blue cloth ruled and lettered in gilt on the spine, preserved in quarter blue morocco folding box, slight offsetting to endpapers, some slight browning, slight wear to extremities of binding

Edel & Laurence A71b

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, when appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."

Sydney Waterlow, a brilliant Cambridge graduate and contemporary there of Strachey, Woolf, Keynes and others who were later part of the Bloomsbury Group, became an excellent walking companion of James's in his later years at Rye. Waterlow was in the Foreign Office and was then married to Alice Pollock, daughter of the eminent jurist whom James had known since childhood. See Edel, The Master 1901-1916, p.389)