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THE HOUSE OF MIRTH.
Edition: First thus.
London: The Folio Society, 1990. Hardcover first edition - First Folio Society edition of this novel, one of Wharton's best known, originally published in 1905; this edition has a text that "follows that of the first English edition." Set during the Gilded Age of the late 19th century, this story of Lily's descent from privilege to a steadily worsening and lonely existence on the margins of society, is a critique of "a society so relentlessly materialistic and self-serving that it casually destroys what is most beautiful and blameless within it. " Illustrated by Eric Holzman with a frontispiece and twelve internal full page plate, and with an introduction by Bel Mooney. xiii, 301 pp.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated boards in a near fine cream slipcase (bookplate)
Book ID: 89890More details Price: $25.00 -
LIES THAT COMFORT AND BETRAY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Kensington, (2018) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's third historical mystery, featuring heiress Prudence MacKenzie, a valuable partner to former Pinkerton agent and now attorney Geoffrey Hunter, despite the fact that women are not admitted to the bar in New Yorks Gilded Age. A novel which captures both the elegance and sophistication of nineteenth-century New York, and the secrets and bloody terrors that lurked behind its gilded facades. 391 pp. ISBN: 978-1496709110.
Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with just a bit of wear at corners.
Book ID: 87592More details Price: $17.50 -
SAVAGE GIRL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Viking, (2014) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second historical mystery, set in New York city in 1875 at the dawn of the dawn of the Gilded Age. A wealthy Manhattan couple on a trip to the West find a young "feral" girl and bring her back to New York to be educated and introduced to society. A series of suitors find her irresistible - and they begin to turn up murdered. Author's note, 402 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (tear at base of dj spine)
Book ID: 84684More details Price: $17.50 -
HOUSE OF THIEVES.
Edition: First printing.
Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks Landmark, (2015) dj. Hardcover first edition - Historical thriller set in the Gilded Age - "In 1886 New York, a respectable architect shouldn't have any connection to the notorious gang of thieves and killers that rules the underbelly of the city. But when John Cross's son racks up an unfathomable gambling debt to Kent's Gents, Cross must pay it back himself. All he has to do is use his inside knowledge of high society mansions and museums to craft a robbery even the smartest detectives won't solve." 412 pp. Includes a conversation with the author. ISBN: 978-1492617891.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 74662More details Price: $18.50 -
ISLAND OF TEARS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Kensington, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery introducing Harper's Weekly contributor and dime novelist Marshall Webb, set in 1892 during NewYork's Gilded Age. Webb finds himself drawn into the tragic side of the immigrant experience - the Island of Tears in the title is Ellis Island. 280 pp. ISBN: 1575667673.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 53487More details Price: $15.00 -
ISLAND OF TEARS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Kensington, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery introducing Harper's Weekly contributor and dime novelist Marshall Webb, set in 1892 during NewYork's Gilded Age. Webb finds himself drawn into the tragic side of the immigrant experience - the Island of Tears in the title is Ellis Island. 280 pp. ISBN: 1575667673.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 48999More details Price: $16.50 -
EMPIRE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1987.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Epic historical novel of America at the end of the nineteenth century and the early years of the twentieth - the aftermath of the Spanish American war, the era known as the Gilded Age. 486 pp. ISBN: 0-394-561236.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (binding 'over-opened' before half title page, some sunning to spine of dj.)
Book ID: 39686More details Price: $12.50 -
EMPIRE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1987.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Epic historical novel of America at the end of the nineteenth century and the early years of the twentieth - the aftermath of the Spanish American war, the era known as the Gilded Age. 486 pp. ISBN: 0-394-561236.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (some sunning to spine of dj.)
Book ID: 39685More details Price: $15.00 -
MRS. HAROLD STAGG.
Edition: First or early hardcover edition.
New York: George W. Dillingham, Publishers, nd (c 1891.). Hardcover - A gently satiric picture of high society during the gilded age - an era Edith Wharton depicted so well - by an author who was a friend of Wharton. Originally published as a serial in Robert Bonner's Sons, Publishers "New York Ledger" (a contemporary advertisement for the NY Ledger called it "Robert Grant's brilliant society novel") and in paperback by Bonner in 1891, this hardcover edition was probably issued around 1900 after the success of his novel "Unleavened Bread." Although almost unknown, this is, even to our modern tastes, a rather appealing and enjoyable novel. Extremely uncommon in any edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 5 inserted plates. 240 pp.
Condition: Very good- in red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on the front cover (bookplate, bottom edge of front cover bumped, slight spine slant and a little fading to the spine - lettering is still legible.)
Book ID: 36155More details Price: $150.00