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Ethan Frome
by Wharton, Edith
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth first edition, first issue with "wearily" unbroken on penultimate line p135 and top edge gilt, four pages of ads. Slight fraying to spine ends/points, very faint lean. PO bookplate, hinges a bit strained, few spots to pages, ffep has a tear along gutter. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Synopsis
Ethan Frome is a novel that was published in 1911 by the Pulitzer Prize-winning American author Edith Wharton. It is set in turn-of-the-century New England in the fictitious town of Starkfield, Massachusetts. The novel was adapted into a film in 1993.
Reviews
On Dec 7 2004, Pazzo Books said:
Other than an unmitigated desire to smack the whiny lady upstairs, Ethan Frome had virtually no impact on me. While most books I really detest are extremely long, Wharton managed to flip the switch in what is basically a novella. Impressive.
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32038
- Title
- Ethan Frome
- Author
- Wharton, Edith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1911
Terms of Sale
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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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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