Edith Wharton — The House of Mirth

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906. Cloth. An early edition of this formidable American novel of New York high society by Edith Wharton, complete with plates. An early edition, published the year after the first.'The House of Mirth' is one of the best known novels by Edith Wharton, following the social descent of the well-born but impoverished Lily Bart, as she tries to stay afloat in New York's high society.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and seven plates, by A. B. Wenzell. Collated, complete.By Edith Wharton, one of the most eminent American writers of all time. She is known for her insider perceptions of upper-class society in New York. In 1921 she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for 'The Age of Innocence&apos. Four pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Fading to the spine. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities, with a small amount of loss to the spine. Text to the spine has faded, light rubbing to the text to the front board. Light marks to the cloth. Hinges are starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Good . Ill.: A. B. Wenzell. Good .