THE AGE OF INNOCENCE.
Edition: First printing, first issue.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1920. Hardcover first edition - Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer prize for fiction, the first time this award was given to a woman writer. A very inexpensively produced book and one in which the binding did not stand up well,which perhaps explains why the first edition is so uncommon. Includes the phrase from the burial service in the wedding scene. 364 pp. Accompanying this first edition is a facsimile edition from the First Edition Library. ISBN: 0-02-026478x.
Condition: Fair condition only in red cloth with black lettering (the backstrip is still attached, but split along the rear side, and missing the bottom one inch or so - sunning to the backstrip and edge of the rear board near the spine, other light wear to the covers, although the contents are overall very good.). While it is not unattractive with a mylar cover, this is a copy worth restoration. The facsimile edition is fine in a fine dustjacket in a very near fine slipcase.