[Rarebooks] FS: Edith Wharton First Editions, prices greatly reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced:     Was $200,      Now $75

WHARTON, Edith. THE FRUIT OF THE TREE. New York: Charles Scribner's 
Sons, 1907. First Edition. Illustrations by Alonzo Kimball. A 
controversial novel in its time due to its frank treatment of such 
issues as drug addiction, euthanasia, labor conditions, divorce, and 
remarriage. Very slight rubbing to spine tips; spine a tad sunned. Near 
Fine. (#006291)        $75.00
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Price reduced:     Was $150,      Now $60

WHARTON, Edith. THE FRUIT OF THE TREE. New York: Charles Scribner's 
Sons, 1907. First Edition. Illustrations by Alonzo Kimball. A 
controversial novel in its time due to its frank treatment of such 
issues as drug addiction, euthanasia, labor conditions, divorce, and 
remarriage. Early owner name of Mabel Pease on the front pastedown. 
Small tear at the base of the spine. Near Fine. (#007467)        $60.00
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Price reduced:     Was $125,      Now $75

WHARTON, Edith. THE GODS ARRIVE. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 
1932. First Edition. Wharton's last finished novel. Whimsical bookplate 
on the front free endpaper and an owner name in ink on the front 
pastedown. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with chipping at the 
spine head and a crease at the lower front cover. (#003414)        $75.00
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Price reduced:     Was $150,      Now $75

WHARTON, Edith. MADAME DE TREYMES. New York: Scribner, 1907. First 
Edition. Decorated cloth. Printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount 
Press. Illustrated by Alonzo Kimball with two color plates. A few pages 
roughly opened. Slight rubbing to spine. Very Good or better. 
(#005046)        $75.00
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Price reduced:     Was $100,      Now $50

WHARTON, Edith. MADAME DE TREYMES. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 
1907. First Edition. Decorated cloth. Printed by D. B. Updike at the 
Merrymount Press. Illustrated by Alonzo Kimball with two color plates. 
Small chip from the margin of one page; small number inkstamp on the 
front endpaper and first page of text; owner name on front pastedown 
with some offsetting to the front endpaper. Slightly cocked. Very Good. 
(#001068)        $50.00
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Price reduced:     Was $400,      Now $250

WHARTON, Edith. THE MOTHER'S RECOMPENSE. New York: D. Appleton and 
Company, 1925. First Edition. Small bookstore blindstamp at the bottom 
of the front free endpaper. Slightly cocked. Near Fine in an attractive, 
Near Fine dustwrapper with a short closed tear and minor chipping to the 
spine tips. (#007473)        $250.00
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WHARTON, Edith. SANCTUARY. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. 
First Edition. Wharton's third novel. Illustrated by Walter Appleton 
Clark. With a 1903 owner name on the front endpaper and a small calling 
card laid down to the top of the first blank. The slightest rubbing of 
the spine tips. Near Fine. (#007474)        $75.00

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