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THE HOUSE OF MIRTH (1st ed, 2nd state)
by Wharton, Edith 02c
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+ book, no DJ. 1st ed. 1905 tp & cp, Scribner seal on cp.
- Seller
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Lyndonville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Scribner's. VG+ book, no DJ. 1st ed. 1905 tp & cp, Scribner seal on cp.. 1905 on tp & cp. 1st, 2nd state. Hardcover. VG+ book, no DJ. TEG. Gilt lettered red cloth. Book cover w minor flaws, else FINE. FINE inside, no aging, foxing, etc . First edition with 1905 tp & cp dates & Scribner seal on cp, BUT: 2nd state as 4 pages of ads at end. FLAWS: Spine heel with 1/8" fraying. Rear outer guter edge with spot of wear; shown on 1st photo. Spine sunned but all gilt lettering still bright. Top tips with wear just into underlying boards. NO OTHER FLAWS. Top edge gilt bright as new. Other edges deckled; which normally collect dust, not so here. Tight, book tends to stay closed when stood on its spine. This a sign of having been read with care. ZERO aging, foxing, soiling, marginalia, etc. .
Synopsis
The House of Mirth (1905), by Edith Wharton, is a novel about New York socialite Lily Bart attempting to secure a husband and a place in rich society. It is one of the first novels of manners in American literature.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001577
- Title
- THE HOUSE OF MIRTH (1st ed, 2nd state)
- Author
- Wharton, Edith 02c
- Illustrator
- 8 b/w Wenzell plates.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+ book, no DJ. 1st ed. 1905 tp & cp, Scribner seal on cp.
- Edition
- 1st, 2nd state
- Publisher
- Scribner's
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1905 on tp & cp
- Keywords
- VG+ book, no DJ. TEG. Gilt lettered red cloth. Book cover w minor, flaws, else FINE. FINE inside, no aging, foxing, etc
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
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