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The House of Mirth
by Edith Wharton (Author); Louis Auchincloss (Afterword by)
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0451523628
- ISBN 13
- 9780451523624
- Seller
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The Bronx, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York, London, et al.: A Signet Classic/ Signet Books/ Published by the Penguin Group/ Penguin Books (USA), Inc., 1980. 20th Printing . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo or 12° (Duodecimo): 6¾" x 7¾" tall. William Merritt Chase (Cover Painting). 349 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Slightly creased and slanted spine. Light foxing on page edges, not affecting text.
Synopsis
The House of Mirth (1905), by Edith Wharton, is a novel about New York socialite Lily Bart attempting to secure a husband and a place in rich society. It is one of the first novels of manners in American literature.
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- Bookseller
- gearbooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2iiiDa0026b
- Title
- The House of Mirth
- Author
- Edith Wharton (Author); Louis Auchincloss (Afterword by)
- Illustrator
- William Merritt Chase (Cover Painting)
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 20th Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0451523628
- ISBN 13
- 9780451523624
- Publisher
- A Signet Classic/ Signet Books/ Published by the Penguin Group/ Penguin Books (USA), Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, London, et al.
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- American Literature & Studies, Classic Literature, Intl. & World Famous Literature, Literary Studies
- Size
- 12mo or 12° (Duodecimo): 6¾" x 7¾" tall
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...