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  • Wharton, Edith.

    Language: English

    Published by Appleton, NY, 1929

    Seller: Hellertown Books, Hellertown, PA, U.S.A.

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    Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. First Edition.

  • Wharton, Edith

    Language: English

    Published by Charles Scribner s Sons, NY, 1957

    Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.

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    Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. 1st thus printing; dj w/moderate chipping, unclipped price, in mylar; 536 clean, unmarked pages.

  • Wharton, Edith

    Language: English

    Published by Appleton, New York, 1929

    Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.

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    First printing. One of the best of her later novels. First edition with the (1) on the last page of text. Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean (some wear to the corners, hinges reinforced, lacking the dj.).

  • Wharton, Edith

    Published by Appleton & Co. NY 1929, 1929

    Seller: Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.

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    560pp + 1p. ad 8vo Blue cloth 1st Edition. Light cover soil: Good+ to Very Good-/no dj.

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    Wharton, Edith [Edith Newbold Wharton], 1862-1937.

    Published by New York, London: D. Appleton and Company, 1929., 1929

    Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.

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    First edition, first printing (per Appleton's "(I)" numver code on last text page. [4], 560, [2] pages. Hardcover: H 19.75cm x L 14.25cm. No dust jakcet (i.e. lacking). Black cloth; spine's gilt stamping a bit dulled/flaked but still easily legible; front board's gitl stamping remains bright. SMall stain to center fore-edge with several leaves shallwo affected at margins. Toned endpapers; Wharton-related newspaper clippings affixed to front pastedown, ffep verso, and on rear endpapers; past owner's ink inscirption on front free endpaper recto with Boston, Massachusetts bookseller ticket for Old Corner Book Store affixed at bottom left; small stub at gutter heel evidences removed frontispiece. Binding is firm.

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    Wharton, Edith

    Language: English

    Published by D. Appleton, 1929

    ISBN 10: 9997410211 ISBN 13: 9789997410214

    Seller: Lavendier Books, Foster, RI, U.S.A.

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    hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. D. Appleton and Company; New York, 1929. Hardcover. First Edition (number one on page 560). A Very Good, blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on front board and spine, binding intact, sunning to spine, crimping to spine edges, some rubbing along board edges, small bookstore sticker bottom front free endpaper, small rub mark bottom text block corner, deckle fore-edge, few dog-eared pages, bit of age toning to pages, spine buckram starting to pull away from backing material at top, without Dust wrapper. A nice and overall clean copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]. 560pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.

  • Wharton, Edith

    Published by Appleton-Century-Crofts New York, 1962

    Seller: David Kaye Books & Memorabilia, Woodland Hills, CA, U.S.A.

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    First Edition Thus Hardcover vg in good jacket, in fresh mylar; chipping and fading to jacket edges, minor spine lean, small label residue on ffep else a tight unmarked copy in unclipped jacket.

  • Wharton, Edith

    Published by NY D.Appeton 1929 first edition First State., 1929

    Seller: The Compulsive Collector, New York NY, NY, U.S.A.

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    Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. cloth hard cover.thick.large 8Vo.559 pages.very good copy.Lacking jacket.scarce.

  • Wharton, Edith

    Published by D. APPLETON & CO, 1929

    Seller: Singing Saw Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

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    Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. FIRST EDITION. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1929. (1st printing with 1 on last page of text.) Navy cloth with gilt lettering. Good+ condition, no jacket. Lettering on spine rubbed, cloth at head and tail worn. Former owner's name and bookplate on ffep. Nice condition overall.

  • Wharton, Edith

    Published by D. Appleton and Company, New York London, 1929

    Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.

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    Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 560 pp, a novel. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, paper well-preserved. 5.8" x 7.9" black cloth boards, with dimmed gilt letters fr cover and spine. Rear cover with very faint discoloration - barely noticeable. Size: Octavo. Book.

  • Wharton, Edith

    Language: English

    Published by Appleton, New York, 1929

    Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.

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    Condition: VERY GOOD. First printing. One of the best of her later novels. First edition with the (1) on the last page of text. Very good+ in very dark blue cloth with gold lettering - lettering on spine is dulled, but still readable, otherwise the book is very clean and tight.

  • Wharton, Edith

    Published by D APPLETON & CO

    Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.

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    Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . Book Good. No dust jacket. Owner's name and date on front endpage. (Hudson River Valley, New York, Fiction).

  • Wharton, Edith

    Published by Appleton, 1929

    Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.

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    First Edition. HUDSON RIVER BRACKETED, Appleton, 1929, first edition, inner hinges starting, else a vg copy.

  • Edith Wharton

    Language: English

    Published by D. Appleton and Company, 1929

    Seller: Burm Booksellers, Beckley, WV, U.S.A.

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    Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition [number one on page 560]. TRUE FIRST EDITION WITH 1929 IN ROMAN NUMERALS ON TITLE PAGE, 1929 ON COPYRIGHT PAGE. No DJ. Nominal edge wear to boards. Black cloth boards with gold gilt upper & spine text [faded almost entirely from spine. Prior owner name/date [1929] FFEP in pencil. May have other minor incidental cosmetic defects expected with age. Else tight and square. Rough cut tail page edges [minimal fraying], foredge deckled pages with smooth cut head page edges. All images are stock photos, not of the actual item. Photo requests encouraged prior to purchase. Additional shipping required for insurance, amount according to USPS, weight, and destination. [See our Terms and Conditions]. Scarce/rare/hard to find/out of print. Vance Weston, #1. LIT/FIRSTEDITION/SERIES.

  • Wharton, Edith

    Published by Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., NY, 1957

    Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.

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    Black Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+ (in mylar). Centennial Edition. Textblock very clean and tight; Bumped head and foot of spine; Price-clipped, very spine-sunned dust jacket, closed tears to the head and foot of the spine, couple small edge tears, lightly soiled back cover. Top and bottom of jacket spine is clear-taped from the underside; 560p. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

  • Wharton, Edith

    Published by D. Appleton & Company, 1929

    Seller: Bibliodisia Books, Caxton Club, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

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    Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Out of print and uncommon. Number '1' on last page of text. A clean, unmarked copy in bright cover gilt.

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    Wharton, Edith

    Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1957

    Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.

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    Hardcover. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Creasing to jacket. Scribner "A" present. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

  • Wharton,, Edith.

    Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1969

    Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.

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    Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus. Originally published ini 1957 by Appleton, this is the uniform collected reissue series of Wharton's works by Scribner's. A Fine copy in black cloth, spine gilt on pale blue panel, in a Fine bluish-green dustwrapper, not price-clipped. 536pp. Late novel. Q22458.

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    Wharton, Edith

    Published by D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1929

    Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.

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    Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. 1st Edition. 12mo., 559pp. Sharp First Edition, First Printing, (publisher's (1) on last page of text which designates a First Printing for this publisher. Bound in original black cloth with titles and decoration stamped in gilt on front board and spine. Square, tight and clean throughout save some very lightly toned page edges. . Some fairly minor wear to spine ends and tips. Front lower corner bumped. Spine gilt fading. Lacking dust-jacket. Still, a very petty collectable copy.

  • Wharton, Edith

    Language: English

    Published by D. Appleton And Company, New York, 1930

    Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.

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    Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 232 Pp. Dark Blue Cloth, Spine And Cover Gilt. First Printing ("1" On Last Page). A Fine Copy, Gilt Brilliant, No Rubbing, Slight Darkening Along Gutter Edges Of Endpapers, Pencil Name On Front Free Endpaper, Robinson's Book Store Label On Rear Pastedown. Dust Jacket Priced $2.00, Just A Few Touches Of Rubbing, 1/8" Closed Tear At Top Of Front Panel, 3/8" Closed Tear At Top Of Rear Panel, Slight Browning To Spine And Top Edges Of Flaps. With The Publisher's Inserted Postcard For Hudson River Bracketed, "Just Published", Black Printing On Yellow Paper.

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    Edith Wharton

    Published by D. Appleton & Co., New York, 1929

    Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.

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    Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hudson River Bracketed. By Edith Wharton and printed in New York City by D. Appleton and Company. 1929, 1st edition, 560 pp, 7.75 x 5.75 , hardcover black cloth. In fair condition, with rubbing, fading and scuffing to boards and spine. Minor hinge wear to front and back of book. Text block remains bound well with minor wear. Light marginalia to front and back of book. General age-related toning to pages, along with periodic foxing and wear. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A scarce 1st edition of a lesser-known novel by American writer Edith Wharton (1862-1937). Includes an advertisement for The Age of Innocence, for which she won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1921, becoming the first woman to do so. COLL1929ABCA-0823-aj0301.

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    Edith Wharton

    Language: English

    Published by D.Appleton and Company, 1929

    Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.

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    Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine Copy In Like Jacket.Great Jacket.First Edition 1929/1929 Last Page(1). Gorgeous fresh Copy of This Wharton Classic. Beautiful Copy.

  • WHARTON, EDITH.

    Published by D. APPLETON & CO, N.Y., 1929

    Seller: Come See Books Livres, Canton de Hatley, QC, Canada

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    Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. TRUE FIRST EDITION WITH 1929 IN ROMAN NUMERALS ON TITLE PAGE, 1929 ON COPYRIGHT PAGE AND (1) ON BOTTOMOF LAST PAGE. SOLID AND VERY CLEAN, NO MARKINGS INSIDE. BLACK CLTH WITH GOLD LETTERING AT TOP OF FRONT BOARD AND SPINE. 560 PAGES. SCANS ON REQUEST. THANKS.

  • Edith Wharton

    Published by D. Appleton and Co, 1929

    Seller: Sugafoot Books, Marietta, GA, U.S.A.

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    Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition.

  • WHARTON, Edith

    Published by D. Appleton, New York, 1929

    Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

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    First Edition

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    Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Spine titles slightly darkened thus near fine lacking the dustwrapper.

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    Edith Wharton

    Published by D. Appleton & Company, 1929

    Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.

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    Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Hudson River Bracketed. By Edith Wharton. D. Appleton and Company. 1929. First Edition, Original dust jacket. 560 pp, 8 x 5.5 , 8vo. In poor condition As is. Dust jacket exhibits the most wear: loss at bottom edge of front cover (lacking TO in WHARTON ). Head and tail of jacket s spine chipped; tail more than head. Age staining (or possibly water/tea dampness staining) found on right fore-edge of front cover & tail of rear flap s hinge. Hinges are chipped; edges are clipped. Dark cloth boards normally rubbed at edges. Head and tail of spine bumped. Gilt lettering normally dulled but still attractive. Same age or tea stain present on dust jacket is found on fore-edge of text-block. Binding tight and intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Edith Wharton (born Edith Newbold Jones; 1862 1937) was an American writer and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper class aristocracy to potray realistically the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, for her novel The Age of Innocence. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1996. Among her other well known works are The House of Mirth, the novella Ethan Frome, and several notable ghost stories. Affordable chance to own a first edition Edith Wharton novel. RAREA1929ABHB 06/24 - HK1749.

  • Wharton, Edith

    Published by D. Appleton and Co. New York, 1929

    Seller: David Kaye Books & Memorabilia, Woodland Hills, CA, U.S.A.

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    First Edition ~1st Printing Hardcover author's acclaimed novel, near fine in professional reproduction dust jacket, in fresh mylar cover; some speckling to upper portion of rear board else a tight square unmarked copy in mint reproduced dust jacket; a remarkably clean tight copy.

  • WHARTON, Edith.

    Published by D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1929

    Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

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    560 [1, ads] pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. Fine in a very nice example of the jacket, with a short tear to the rear panel neatly repaired with tissue and some minor dust-soiling.

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    Edith Wharton

    Published by D. Appleton & Company, New York, 1929

    Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.

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    Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in black cloth. 1 on the last page indicating a first printing.

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    Edith Wharton

    Published by D. Appleton and Company, London; New York, 1929

    Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

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    First Edition Signed

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    Cloth. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this brilliant novel by Edith Wharton, signed by Wharton to Blair Fairchild. Author's presentation copy, inscribed to the recto of the front endpaper, "For Blair, with love + Christmas greetings, from Edith, xii.29".The first edition, second impression, with (2) to page 560.'Hudson River Bracketed' follows a naive young writer, Vance Weston, as he convulses by the Hudson River. Here he meets beautiful Halo Spear, and becomes inspired by her passion for literature. They meet years later while Halo is with her rich and cultivated husband, and introduces Vance to New York's literary society.By Edith Wharton, one of the most eminent American writers of all time. She is known for her insider perceptions of upper-class society in New York. In 1921 she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for 'The Age of Innocence'.One page of adverts to the rear.Inscribed to Blair Fairchild, an American composer and diplomat, known as part of the Indianists. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A few light marks to the cloth. Rear hinge is starting but firm. Author's inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and clean. Very Good. signed by author. book.