New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Small Octavo. 438 pp + 4 pp adverts, 10 titled tales. Binding tight, with very slight forward tilt, split in hinge paper only rear pastedown - top to bottom, no shakieness in hinges, fr e.p. & fly glued together 1/32" top to bottom along the hinge with very slight separation between fly and t.p. Pages unmarked, clean, and well-preserved. This is a true first edition, first printing (first impression) with "Published October 1910" to the copyright page. in original publisher's red cloth 5.2" x 7.75" boards..

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 007990
Title: Tales of Men and Ghosts
Author: Wharton, Edith
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1910
Keywords: Edith Wharton b.1862-d.1937 - née Edith Newbold Jones - short stories
Bookseller catalogs: LITERATURE;
Size: Small Octavo

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