Wharton, Edith (1862-1937). Ethan Frome. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911.
8vo. Original gilt-stamped red cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut (slight lean, a very pale spots to lower cover); folding chemise and morocco-backed slipcase. Provenance: Grace LeRoy (bookplate); Benjamin Boyle? Moore (early signature on half-title).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with unbroken type in last line of p.135. An early copy: of the first edition of 6,000 copies, the first 2,500 received from the binder had the top edges gilt (as here). Garrison A19.1; Johnson, Highspots of American Literature, p. 518. A BRIGHT COPY.