Handwritten notation on an off-white 7 x 3.5 slip clipped from a larger sheet, apparently a portion of the cover page to a manuscript, reading: "Preface to The Spoils of Poynton, Henry James, Dec: 12th 1907.” Some scattered light soiling and creasing, otherwise fine condition. James' novel, The Spoils of Poynton, was first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly, under the title The Old Things in 1896, and was first released in book form in 1897. A new edition of The Spoils of Poynton was published in New York in 1908. This New York version contained a lengthy new preface. RR Auction COA.
