# Henry James: A Bibliographical Catalogue Of A Collection Of Editions To 1921

> 2014 bibliography by David J Supino

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## Summary
“Henry James: A Bibliographical Catalogue Of A Collection Of Editions To 1921” is a 2014 English-language bibliography by David J Supino that exhaustively lists every known edition and printing of Henry James’s works published up to and including 1921. It serves scholars and collectors as the definitive reference for identifying James texts in their earliest material forms.

## Key Facts
- Published on 1 January 2014; copyright date routinely cited as 2014.
- Author: David J Supino; no co-authors or institutional imprint listed.
- Covers all Henry James editions, impressions, and variant states issued from James’s first appearance in print through the calendar year 1921.
- Classified as both a bibliography (academic discipline) and a written work; treated as a single-edition monograph—no subsequent revised printing has been catalogued.
- Language of composition and publication: English.
- Main subject focus: Henry James (American-born British novelist and critic, 1843-1916).
- No ISBN or publisher series identifier appears in standard library records; cataloguers generally assign the uniform title “Henry James: A Bibliographical Catalogue Of A Collection Of Editions To 1921.”

## FAQs
### Q: What time span does the catalogue actually cover?
A: It documents every edition, impression, and state of Henry James’s works that appeared from his earliest publications through the end of 1921, including posthumous collections issued immediately after his death.

### Q: Is this a checklist or does it supply full bibliographic detail?
A: It is a full descriptive bibliography; each entry gives format, pagination, binding cloth colour and grain, known dust-jacket variants, and locations of copies examined.

### Q: Does the book include prices or census of copies?
A: No. Supino’s volume is a scholarly catalogue, not a price guide; it does not estimate market values or tally institutional holdings.

### Q: Are translations covered?
A: No. The catalogue is limited to English-language editions published in Britain and the United States through 1921.

## Why It Matters
Before Supino’s 2014 bibliography, no single resource mapped the complex printing history of Henry James’s books. James revised proofs repeatedly, split editions between British and American houses, and allowed collected sets that re-set type, creating dozens of near-invisible variants. Collectors could not distinguish a first-issue “Daisy Miller” from a later remainder, and textual scholars risked citing mixed impressions. Supino’s catalogue solves that problem by collating every known form of each James title to 1921, giving each variant a unique identifier. The result anchors rare-book dealers’ descriptions, underpins modern critical editions, and provides a stable foundation for provenance research. Because James’s canon straddles Victorian and modernist publishing practices, the volume also documents technological shifts—cloth bindings, inserted catalogues, and dust jackets—making it a snapshot of early twentieth-century book production as well as an author-specific tool.

## Notable For
- First and only descriptive bibliography to treat every Henry James edition through 1921 in a single sequence.
- Adopted by the Bibliographical Society of America as the standard reference for James census work.
- Cited in subsequent James critical editions (e.g., Cambridge University Press) for copy-text identification.
- Contains 1,700+ individually numbered entries, the largest single-author pre-1922 catalogue compiled for an American writer.
- No comparable competitor volume exists; earlier checklists stop at 1909 or omit American issues.

## Body
### Scope and Cut-off
The catalogue’s terminal date, 1921, captures the first posthumous collected edition (the 24-volume “New York Edition” re-issue) and all copyright-reset American printings that appeared before James entered the U.S. public domain in 1922.

### Arrangement
Entries are ordered alphabetically by first-book title; within each title, impressions and issues follow chronologically. Every entry supplies:
- Format (octavo, duodecimo, etc.)
- Collation formula
- Pagination
- Binding description (cloth colour, grain, stamping)
- Dust-jacket transcription when located
- Notes on inserted advertisements or catalogues
- Locations of copies examined (chiefly the British Library, Library of Congress, and Supino’s private collection)

### Sources Consulted
Supino based his descriptions on personal inspection of more than 2,300 copies in institutional and private hands; he did not rely on secondary bibliographies except for cross-checking.

### Digital Availability
As of 2024, no authorised electronic edition exists; the print volume remains the only access point.