The Real Thing and Other Tales

by Henry James (1843-1916)

Versions of The Real Thing and Other Tales include:

• The Real Thing and Other Tales (New York & London: Macmillan & Co., 1893)

  — American issue of the first edition; published in March 1893 as part of the Macmillan's Dollar Novels Series, in a printing of 1500, divided between the American and English issues; sold for $1.

• The Real Thing and Other Tales (London & new York: Macmillan & Co., 1893)

  — English issue of the first edition; published in March 1893; uses sheets from the American first edition; sold for 6/-.

• The Real Thing and Other Tales (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1922)

  — A later American edition; posthumous.

There was also a Colonial edition (Macmillan's Colonial Library 149) issued in 1893, for distribution in India and the British colonies.