THE FRUIT OF THE TREE
by Edith Wharton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG++-Near FINE/No Jacket
- Seller
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Mansonville, Quebec, Canada
Item Price
£80.95£64.76
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907. THE FRUIT OF THE TREE- Edith Wharton- Illustrated frontis by Alonzo Kimball- Charles Scribner's Sons- 1907- 1st Edition-Later State Original publisher's red cloth and black titles to spine and cover-Scribner's Seal as per 1st-with MDCCCCVII (1907) on title page-only one illustration-frontis- Hardcover:-8vo- VERY GOOD++-FINE- no dj- PO name on ffep, otherwise clean and solid, no tears or other writing. 633pp + 4 pp of ads as per 1st.-Binding bears the anomoly of being a Grosset binding, yet there are no Grosset printings of this novel in World Cat., leading one to believe that Scribner had Grosset do some of the binding on this edition-SEE PHOTOS-- In this novel, Wharton examines such controversial topics as euthanasia, treatment of factory workers, divorce, and drug addiction. It's "an interesting and rewarding book in many ways-especially in its depiction of the heroine, Justine Brent, and her marriage to a weak man"-With Illustrations by Alfonzo Kimball.- Fiction-social-classic (3528) . 1st Edition. Cloth. VG++-Near FINE/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated Frontis by Alonzo Kimball. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- jakoll (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3528
- Title
- THE FRUIT OF THE TREE
- Author
- Edith Wharton
- Illustrator
- Illustrated Frontis by Alonzo Kimball
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++-Near FINE
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1907
- Keywords
- Fiction-social-classic
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
jakoll
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About the Seller
jakoll
Biblio member since 2007
Mansonville, Quebec
About jakoll
We specialize in Modern 1st Edition, Children's books, Vintage classics, vinyl records, original movie posters, sports cards, comics, postage stamps and coins.We only sell online at this time and have been doing so for over 30 years.
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