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Ethan Frome
by WHARTON, Edith
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
New York: Scribner's, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition. First edition, first printing. A near fine copy in publisher's red cloth, stamped in gold. Some darkening to the jacket spine. First Issue, with "wearily" unbroken on penultimate line p.135 and top edge gilt. With four pages of advertisements at the rear of the book. The sad story of Ethan Frome who finds himself trapped in a marriage and his unsuccessful and tragic attempt to escape it. Comes with a facsimile dust jacket.
Synopsis
Ethan Frome is a novel that was published in 1911 by the Pulitzer Prize-winning American author Edith Wharton. It is set in turn-of-the-century New England in the fictitious town of Starkfield, Massachusetts. The novel was adapted into a film in 1993.
Reviews
On Dec 7 2004, Pazzo Books said:
Other than an unmitigated desire to smack the whiny lady upstairs, Ethan Frome had virtually no impact on me. While most books I really detest are extremely long, Wharton managed to flip the switch in what is basically a novella. Impressive.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sawtooth Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28414
- Title
- Ethan Frome
- Author
- WHARTON, Edith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Scribner's
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1911
Terms of Sale
Sawtooth Rare Books
All books sold on an available basis. Any book is returnable within 30 days for any reason.
About the Seller
Sawtooth Rare Books
Biblio member since 2004
Santa Fe, New Mexico
About Sawtooth Rare Books
We are sellers of modern first editions, with an emphasis on modern fiction, poetry, Western American literature and signed books.
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Facsimile
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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