Edith Wharton Lyall Powers (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st. First Edition, First Printing; Good reading copy' ; dj and book has some dye run along the lower edge, non-intrusive to text and only minimally to the margins; dj w/unclipped price, in mylar; 412 pages/index. B/w (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. near fine. First edition. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a tiny chip top edge of front panel. Illustrated endpapers. xv+ 412 pp. with index. Authors Henry James and Edith Wharton maintained a correspondence that spanned the first fifteen years of the 20th century. It was the time when James entered his "major phase" with the publication of "The Wings of the Dove", "The Ambassadors", "The Golden Bowl" and the revised "Portrait of A Lady. Wharton's career blossomed equally during this period with "The House of Mirth", "Ethan Frome", and The Custom of the Country". Their letters are rich in the cultural history of the time and offer great insight into the personalities of these two American literary giants.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First printing, with full number line. An as-new copy in an as-new jacket. A clean, very tight, certainly unread copy with price ($29.95) intact on front flap.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Edited by Lyall H. Powers. Uncorrected Advance Proof. Large, sturdy softcover, heavy yellow wrappers, very slightly soiled overall, 352 pages. Near Very Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very good. Very good to very good+ softcover, book is clean and tight. TEXT IS IN FRENCH.

Hardback. Condition: Mint. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. This copy is in mint, unmarked condition bound in green cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dustwrapper is in fine condition International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Wharton was an enormous admirer of James and had sought for over a decade to befriend him. Though her first impressions on him failed to catch the attention of the well-known writer 20 years her senior, James eventually came around and grew to admire Wharton. James would eventually send her a letter on October 26, 1900, which sparked a lifelong friendship. Unlike Wharton, James did not have the deep knowledge of New York society or American rural life which nourished her work and made her the chronicler of an age. Because of his childhood spent in Europe and his subsequent exile in England, he lacked her ability to write with accuracy about the sophisticated and restricted life of the rich in old New York as she did. Thus James grew to admire Wharton and wonder at her energy. Ref V 5.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. NO JACKET. Hardback 1990. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Flat pages. NO JACKET. Dispatched with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref 101/26.