The Old Maid
by Wharton, Edith
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- in Fair dust jacket
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
D. Appleton & Company. Very Good- in Fair dust jacket. 1924. Hardback. Dust jacket split in two, missing spine panel, a number of splits and creases along edges, visibly age-toned; Blue cloth boards a touch rubbed on corners, lightly age-toned at head of spine, spine lightly sunned; Pages age-toned, top and fored-edges dusty, illustrated endpapers, no ownership marks; Binding tight. Set in the 1850s, Edith Wharton's novel 'The Old Maid' is one of five examining the social customs of Old New York, revolving around upper-class society from the 1840s-70s. ; 5.25 x 7.5"; 191 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walden Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52358
- Title
- The Old Maid
- Author
- Wharton, Edith
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Fair dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- D. Appleton & Company
- Date Published
- 1924
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Walden Books
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London, Greater London
About Walden Books
Second-hand and antiquarian booksellers since 1977, in present shop since 1979, open Thurs-Sunday, with an emphasis on History of Art and Architecture, Photography, Literature and Poetry, Literary Biography and Criticism and the the History of London.
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.