Vol. 1-24 have critical prefaces by the author; v. 25-26, left unfinished at the author's death, are edited by Percy Lubbock.For this edition the author culled out the works he considered unworthy of preservation and rewrote some of his earlier works to perfect them. Cf. Henry James, the master / Leon Edel. c1972. p. 321.Half-title; each volume has special t.-p.v. 1. Roderick Hudson.--v. 2. The American.--v. 3-4. The portrait of a lady.--v. 5-6. The Princess Casamassima.--v. 7-8. The tragic muse.--v. 9. The awkward age.--v. 10. The Spoils of Poynton. A London life. The chaperon.--v. 11. What Maisie knew. In the cage. The pupil.--v. 12. The Aspern papers. The turn of the screw. The liar. The two faces.--v. 13. The reverberator. Madame de Mau...