Item #1503 Glimpses of the Moon. Edith WHARTON.
Glimpses of the Moon
Glimpses of the Moon
Glimpses of the Moon
Glimpses of the Moon

Glimpses of the Moon

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1922. First Edition. Cloth. [LITERARY WORK] [FICTION] First edition, first printing. Small octavo (7 5/8" x 5 1/4"); 364pp + [4]pp publisher's advertisements; gilt-stamped border on front, gilt-stamped lettering on front and spine, blue cloth over board; ownership in neat ink on ffep; light shelf wear and fading of gilt, light age toning of paper; color pictorial price-clipped dust jacket with publisher's ads printed on verso, light chipping to top edge and small closed tear, overall light soiling; very good plus in very good dust jacket. Very good + / very good. Item #1503

Edith Wharton’s romantic novel of two New York City Jazz Age social climbers who marry but make an agreement to separate should they find their fortunes with other partners. Filled with jealousy, romance, intrigue, and European vacations, the novel is fast-paced and unsettling.

Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was an American novelist known for her stories that examined society’s upper class. She was the first woman to earn the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1920 for her novel, Age of Innocence.

Price: $595.00

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