‘The old things’ [by] Henry James
in : Atlantic monthly,
vols 77-78, April-October 1896
disposition:
chapters 1-4 in vol. 77, no. 462, April 1896, p. 433-450;
chapters 5-6 in vol. 77, no. 463, May 1896, p. 631-640;
chapters 7-9 in vol. 77, no. 464, June 1896, p. 721-737;
chapters 10-13 in vol. 78, no. 465, July 1896, p. 58-74;
chapters 14-16 in vol. 78, no. 466, August 1896, p. 201-218;
chapters 17-19 in vol. 78, no. 467, September 1896, p. 376-390;
chapters 20-22 in vol. 78, no. 468, October 1896, p. 518-530;
the first publication was as a serial in this prestigious American monthly, with James’s first settled title; you can view this original online through the page images at the Cornell University Making of America site (select The Atlantic monthly and then the year)
The spoils of Poynton / by Henry James. - London : Heinemann, 1897. - iv, 288 p.; 19 cm.
the first book publication, on 1897-02-06, preceding the US edition (below) by about one week; James made a large number of small revisions to the original periodical text for these editions [this is the source text for the edition here]
The spoils of Poynton / by Henry James. - Boston, New York : Houghton, Mifflin, 1897. - iv, 324 p.; 19 cm.
the first American book publication on 1897-02-13
The spoils of Poynton, A London life, The chaperon / by Henry James. - New York : Scribner’s; London : Macmillan, 1908. - xxvi, 502 p.; 22 cm. - (The novels and tales of Henry James, New York edition, Vol. 10) – pages 3?-265
contents: The spoils of Poynton, A London life, The chaperon
James made further revisions for his definitive collected edition, in particular strengthening the property and money imagery
The spoils of Poynton; A London life; The chaperon / by Henry James. - London : Macmillan, 1922. - xxix, 437 p. ; 20 cm. - (The novels and stories of Henry James / [edited by Percy Lubbock] ; Vol. 15) – pages 3-234
contents: The spoils of Poynton; A London life; The chaperon
the first major collection of James’s fiction after his death; in thirty-five volumes: an expanded version of the New York edition plan is used, so the contents of this volume are the same as NYE 10
The spoils of Poynton; with A London life, The chaperon / by Henry James. - London : John Lehmann, 1947. - iv, 288 p.; 19 cm. – pages 25-181
contents: The spoils of Poynton; A London life; The chaperon
with a brief introduction by Michael Swan, this volume replicates the content of the NYE volume, including James’ preface, and uses the NYE edition text too
The spoils of Poynton / Henry James. - Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1963. - (Penguin modern classics)
although without introduction or notes, examination shows this
edition to have used the 1897 text with some minor differences;
later reprints carried ISBN
The spoils of Poynton / Henry James, edited with an introduction and notes
by Bernard Richards. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1982. - (The
world’s classics). - ISBN
reprints the NYE text and preface together with a useful list of variants between the serial (Atlantic Monthly), 1897 and NYE texts
The spoils of Poynton / Henry James, edited with an introduction by
David Lodge and notes by Patricia Crick. - Harmondsworth : Penguin,
1987. - (Penguin classics). - ISBN
reprints the NYE text and preface
‘Preface’ by Henry James
in : The spoils of Poynton, A London life, The chaperon
(New York edition, 10), – see
above;
reprinted in : The art of the novel: critical prefaces / by Henry
James, with an introduction by Richard P. Blackmur. - New York, London :
Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1934. - xli, 348 p.; 21 cm. –
pages 119-139
relevant text available on this web-site
A reader’s guide to Henry James / by S. Gorley Putt. - London : Thames & Hudson, 1966. - 432 p.; 22 cm. – pages 242-246
situates the novel within James’ critiques of European society, praising also the ‘decorum and proportion in [its] use of the English language’
selective bibliography and critical commentaries
© 2000
part of an etext edition of
The spoils of Poynton
on
the Ladder : a Henry James website