The House of Mirth

Wharton, Edith; Plates By A. B. Wenzell (Ownership Signatures Of F. D. Rose And Martha Banta)

Published by Scribner and Sons, New York, 1905

About this Item

533 Pp. Red Cloth, Gilt, Top Edge Gilt. First Edition, Scribner's Seal On Copyright Page, Second Issue With 4 Pages Of Publisher's Ads At The Rear. Covers Clean, Gilt Brilliant, But Spine Worn, Frayed, And Entirely Split Vertically From Wear, Front Hinge Cracked And Front Free Endpaper And Half-Title Detached But Present. Ownership Signature Of F. D. Rose (Presumably The Same F. D. Rose After Whom The F. D. Rose Building / Rose Court In Indiana, National Register Of Historic Places, Is Named). Small Bookseller's Label Of Charles E. Lauriat, Boston. Later Ownership Signature Of Martha Banta. Ucla Professor Martha Banta Was "An Iconoclastic And Prolific Scholar Of American Literature And Culture, Professor Banta Published Eight Books On A Wide Range Of Subjects, Four Of Them Since Her Retirement From Teaching In 1998. At The Time Of Her Death, She Had Completed A Ninth Manuscript About Plato?S Influence In Literary History And Had Been Working On A Tenth, About The American Love Of ?Little Wars.? Banta Was Throughout Her Career A Scholar Of Henry James, The Subject Of Her First Book, Henry James And The Occult, And Wrote The Introduction To One Volume Of His Complete Letters, A Continuing Project At The University Of Nebraska Press. For Penguin And Oxford World Classics, Banta Edited And Introduced Works By James, Edith Wharton (Her Copy Of Her Oxford Edition Of "The House Of Mirth Is Included Also), And Thorstein Veblen. She Was Also Associate Editor Of The Columbia Literary History Of The United States And Editor And Contributor To The Harper American Literature Anthology.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The House of Mirth
• Publisher: Scribner and Sons, New York
• Publication Date: 1905
• Language: English
• Binding: Red Cloth
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fair
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
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