UP the long hill from the station at St.-Cloud, Lizzie West climbed in the cold spring sunshine. As she breasted the incline, she noticed the first waves of wistaria over courtyard railings and the high lights of new foliage against the walls of ivy-matted gardens; and she thought again, as she had thought a hundred times before,that she had never seen so beautiful a spring.
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Edith Wharton was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, known for such classics as The House of Mirth, Ethan Frome, and The Age of Innocence, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize in 1921. A member of the New York elite, Wharton drew on her experiences as part of society to critique its inner workings and the conflict between personal desires and societal norms. Wharton died in 1937, leaving behind a rich literary legacy.
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Seller: Book Bear, West Brookfield, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 654 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Very good dust jacket. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding. Seller Inventory # 029182
Seller: Maxwell's House of Books, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. A clean, tight copy; top corners lightly bumped. DJ in mylar cover; faintly rubbed, light creasing along top edge. Seller Inventory # 007872
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Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1350grams, ISBN:0671699652. Seller Inventory # 3948527
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A clean unmarked copy with dust jacket in very good condition. 654 pages. Seller Inventory # 020424
Seller: True Oak Books, Highland, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; No Printing Stated. 654 pages; B&W photographs. Tiny price sticker and some tape residue on front pastedown endpaper. Minimal shelf rubbing. Very Good condition. No noteworthy defects. No markings. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. Seller Inventory # HVD-69844-A-0
Seller: Aucott & Thomas, Ibstock, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition; First Printing. Very clean, tightly bound book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is a little chipped at the head of the spine. xiv + 654 pages, photos on plates, pictorial endpapers, chronologies, sources, index. Seller Inventory # 57190
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Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Jacket is worn & marked with a tear along the spine. Fading & wear to board edges with bumped corners. Faint marks to textblock edge. College library stickers on front endpapers. Content is very good. Seller Inventory # 028736-11
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Seller: Castle Hill Books, Llandrindod Wells, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. xiv +654pp, illustrated, illustrated endpapers, brown cloth spine/beige boards with dustwrapper, ; quarto; 672 pages. Seller Inventory # 75623
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Seller: Librairie Sheehy (Theologia Books), La Charite sur Loire, France
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very good hardback copy in very good dustjacket. xiv, 654pp, b/w plates. Book. Seller Inventory # 028655
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Seller: Hall of Books, Oswestry, SHROP, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First UK edition hardback, 1988, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket a touch rubbed; boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book. Seller Inventory # 250125
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