The House of Mirth
With Illustrations by A. B. Wenzell
Stock Code 102230
New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905
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Edith Wharton is famous for having written novels that lift the lid on the society in which she lived. The House of Mirth, her second novel, shocked the New York society it so deftly chronicles, portraying the moral, social and economic restraints on a woman who dared to claim the privileges of marriage without assuming the responsibilities. This work brought Wharton international recognition.
First edition, first issue with Scribner's seal to copyright page and no advertisements in the rear; 8vo; title-page printed in red and black, 8 full-page illustrations by A. B. Wenzell, a few minor spots to upper edge of frontispiece and corresponding tissue-guard and lower marginal corner of last 3 leaves, otherwise fine; publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt, top edge gilt and others untrimmed, as published, fading to spine, mild spotting to ednpapers and upper hinge (internal) cracked but firm, in all a bright crisp copy.
First edition, first issue with Scribner's seal to copyright page and no advertisements in the rear; 8vo; title-page printed in red and black, 8 full-page illustrations by A. B. Wenzell, a few minor spots to upper edge of frontispiece and corresponding tissue-guard and lower marginal corner of last 3 leaves, otherwise fine; publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt, top edge gilt and others untrimmed, as published, fading to spine, mild spotting to ednpapers and upper hinge (internal) cracked but firm, in all a bright crisp copy.
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