1925 · New York
by Edith Wharton
New York: D. Appleton, 1925. First printing of this edition, published in honor of the 25th Anniversary of the American Bookseller's Association and 100th Anniversary of D. Appleton and Company, as noted on the front pastedown. Presented to Association members and guests at the Annual Banquet "Chicago / May Fourteenth / Nineteen Twenty-five."
With an "S." printed on the last page of narrative text, as called for.
Edition includes "Portrait of a Publisher" by Grant Overton and "The First Hundred Years ... in the History of the House of Appleton," bound in following "The Mother's Recompense."
Spine lightly toned, overall Very Good plus, with no dust jacket as issued.
Garrison A37.I.b. (Inventory #: 162730)
With an "S." printed on the last page of narrative text, as called for.
Edition includes "Portrait of a Publisher" by Grant Overton and "The First Hundred Years ... in the History of the House of Appleton," bound in following "The Mother's Recompense."
Spine lightly toned, overall Very Good plus, with no dust jacket as issued.
Garrison A37.I.b. (Inventory #: 162730)
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