Edith Wharton ( born Edith Newbold Jones; 1862 – 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider’s knowledge of the upper class New York “aristocracy” to realistically portray the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Literature, for her novel The Age of Innocence. She was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 1996. Among her other well known works are The House of Mirth and the novella Ethan Frome.
The Age of Innocence (1920) won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for literature, making Wharton the first woman to win the award. The three fiction judges – literary critic Stuart Pratt Sherman, literature professor Robert Morss Lovett, and novelist Hamlin Garland – voted to give the prize to Sinclair Lewis for his satire Main Street, but Columbia University’s advisory board, led by conservative university president Nicholas Murray Butler, overturned their decision and awarded the prize to The Age of Innocence. She was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927, 1928, and 1930.
Wharton was friend and confidante to many gifted intellectuals of her time: Henry James, Sinclair Lewis, Jean Cocteau, and André Gide were all her guests at one time or another. Theodore Roosevelt, Bernard Berenson, and Kenneth Clark were valued friends as well. Particularly notable was her meeting with F. Scott Fitzgerald, described by the editors of her letters as “one of the better known failed encounters in the American literary annals”. She spoke fluent French, Italian, and German, and many of her books were published in both French and English.
Edith Wharton – First Editions Identification Guide
| Year | Title | Publisher | First edition/Printing Identification Points |
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| 1878 | Verses | C. F. Hammet, Jr., 1878 | Published anonymously, privately prinnted, not for sale. Light greenish gray wove paper wrappers; front cover: moderate red single-rule frame, with moderate red ornaments at all four corners, surrounding black single-rule frame. Within frames: ‘[ornament in moderate red] | [ornate caps in black] VERSES. | [ornament in moderate red] ; back and spine: blank. No endpapers. All edges trimmed. |
| 1897 | The Decorations of Houses | Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1897 | First American edition. "‘Copyright, 1897, by Charles Scribner’s Sons." stated on © page. Two bindings, no priority:
ALSO: B. T. Batsford, London, 1898. First English edition. Very deep red T cloth (rib); front cover: blindstamped thick hedge border, outside of blindstamped single-rule border, surrounding blindstamped design of cherubs, pillars, and scrollwork, outside of blindstamped double-rule oval frame, with four goldstamped lines in the center. Coated endpapers. Top edges trimmed; front and bottom edges rough trimmed. Top edges gilded. |
| 1899 | The Greater Inclinations | Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1899 | First American edition. Copyright, i8gg, by Charles Scribner’s Sons’ stated on © page. Grayish olive-green paper-covered boards; front cover: goldstamped. Back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped with only "WHARTON" as author's name . Laid endpapers. Top edges trimmed; front and bottom edges rough trimmed. Top edges gilded.
ALSO: London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1899. Presumed second English printing. Same as the first John Lane printing, except: pp. 255-256: blank. |
| 1900 | The Touchstone | Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1900 | First American edition. "Copyright, 1900, by Charles Scribner’s Sons" stated on © page. Grayish olive-green paper-covered boards; front cover: goldstamped; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped. Note: An announcement in Publishers’ Weekly, 23 June 1900, states that the book is in its “5th 1000.” No differences among copies dated 1900 have been found. |
| 1900 | A Gift From the Grave | London: John Murray, 1900 | First English edition. Only English edition. Moderate blue BF cloth (fine bead); similar to pasted-down selfwrappers, with front and back flaps not pasted down, and dark yellowish green leaf-and-vine design running vertically down both flaps; front cover: goldstamped. |
| 1901 | Crucial Instances | Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1901 | First American edition. "Copyright, 1901, by Charles Scribner’s Sons" stated on © page. Two bindings, no priority:
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| 1902 | The Joy of Living | Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1902 | First American edition. "Copyright, 1902, by Charles Scribners Sons" stated on © page. Olive-gray paper-covered boards; front cover: goldstamped; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped. ALSO: Duckworth & Co, London, 1903. First English edition. Two bindings, no priority:
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| 1902 | The Valley of Decision | Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, MDCCCCII | First American edition. "‘Copyright, 1902, by Charles Scribner’s Sons" stated on © page. Very deep red V cloth (smooth); front and back covers: blank; spine: goldstamped. ALSO: London: John Murray, 1902. First English edition. Moderate yellowish green BF cloth (fine bead), with all stamping in pale greenish yellow. |
| 1903 | Sanctuary | Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, MDCCCCIII | First American edition. "‘COPYRIGHT, 1903, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS | PUBLISHED, OCTOBER, 1903" stated on © page. Two bindings, no priority:
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| 1904 | The Descent of Man | Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1904 | First American edition. "Copyright, 1904, by Charles Scribner’s Sons" stated on © page. Vivid red T cloth (rib); front cover: goldstamped; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped. Top edges gilded. ALSO: London: MacMillan & Co., 1904. First English edition. Dark greenish blue T cloth (rib); front cover: all within blindstamped flower-leaf-vine design: goldstamped; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped. Top edge gilded. Note: The English edition marks the first collected appearance of “The Letter,” which did not appear in the first Scribners edition. |
| 1904 | Italian Villas and Their Gardens | New York: The Century Co., 1904 | First American edition. "Published November, 1904" stated on © page. Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. Dark grayish green V cloth (smooth); front cover: goldstamped with decorations. ALSO: London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1904. First English edition. Two bindings, no priority:
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| 1905 | Italian Backgrounds | Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, MCMV | First American edition. "Published April, 1905" stated on © page. Dark green V cloth (smooth); front cover: goldstamped within rectangular frame of light greenish blue, light yellow green, and pale orange yellowstamped title design, with bird design stamped. Top edges gilded. Dust jacket: Grayish yellow-green coated paper; front: all printed in very dark green.; back: blank; spine: unknown, missing from only located copy; front and back flaps: blank. ALSO: London: MacMillan & Co., 1905. Second printing, English issue. Deep blue BF cloth (fine bead); front cover: goldstamped; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped. All edges gilded. |
| 1905 | The House of Mirth | Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, MDCCCV | First American edition. "‘COPYRIGHT, 1905, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS" stated on © page. Deep red T cloth (rib); front cover: goldstamped; back cover: blank. Top edges gilded. Dust Jacket, no blurb on front. ALSO: Toronto: McCleod & Allen, [1905]. First Canadian edition. Two bindings, no priority:
ALSO: London: MacMillan & Co., 1905. First English edition. Dark greenish blue T cloth (rib); front cover: all within blindstamped flower-leaf-vine design: goldstamped; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped. Top edge gilded. |
| 1907 | The Fruit of the Tree | Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, MDCCCCVII | First American edition. "COPYRIGHT, 1907, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS" stated on © page. Two bindings, no priority:
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| 1907 | Madame de Treymes | Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1907 | First American edition. "PUBLISHED FEBRUARY, 1907" stated on © page. Two bindings, no priority:
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| 1908 | The Hermit and the Wild Woman | Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, MCMVIII | First American edition. "Published September, 1908" stated on © page. Deep red T cloth (rib); front cover: goldstamped; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped. Top edge gilt. Dust jacket: Pale yellowish green paper; front: ‘[three lines within single rule frame] THE HERMIT | AND THE | WILD WOMAN | EDITH WHARTON’; back: ads for 14 Scribners books; spine: ‘THE | HERMIT | AND | THE WILD | WOMAN | EDITH | WHARTON | SCRIBNERS’; front and back flaps: blank. Laid paper. ALSO: As above. Second printing. on Wove paper. ALSO: Toronto: McCleod & Allen, MCMVIII. First Canadian edition. Same as the first Scribners printing, except: spine:"McCleod | & Allen" imprint. On wove paper. |
| 1908 | A Motor-Flight Through France | Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1908 | First American edition. "Published October, 1908" stated on © page. Dark olive-green T cloth (rib); front cover: goldstamped; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped. Top edge gilt. ALSO: London: MacMillan & Co., 1908. Second printing. First English edition. Dark red BF cloth (fine bead); front cover: goldstamped; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped. Top edge gilt. |
| 1909 | Artemis to Actaeon and other Verse | Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1909 | First American edition. "Published April, 1909" stated on © page. Dark grayish green T cloth (rib); front cover: goldstamped; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped. Top edge gilt. Dust jacket: Light yellowish brown paper; front: ‘ARTEMIS TO ACTAEON | &c. | EDITH WHARTON’; back: blank; spine: ARTEMIS | TO | ACTAEON | &c. | WHARTON | $1.25 | net. | SCRIBNERS’; front and back flaps: blank. ALSO: London: MacMillan & Co., 1908. Second printing. First English edition. Deep blue BF cloth (fine bead); front cover: goldstamped; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped with "MACMILLAN" imprint. |
| 1910 | Tales of Men and Ghosts | Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, MCMX | First American edition. "Published October, 1910" stated on © page. Deep red T cloth (rib); front cover: goldstamped; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped. Top edge gilt. Dust jacket: Pale greenish yellow wove paper; front: ‘[two lines within single-rule frame] TALES OF MEN | AND GHOSTS | EDITH WHARTON’; back: ads for 17 Scribners books, including Tales of Men and Ghosts; spine: ‘TALES | OF MEN | AND | GHOSTS | EDITH | WHARTON | SCRIBNERS’; front flap: ad and blurb for Theodore Roosevelt’s The Book of the Era; back flap: ad for Scribner’s Magazine. ALSO: London: MacMillan & Co., MCMX. First English edition. Dark blue T cloth (rib); front cover: goldstmped; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped. Note: An eight-page undated catalogue of Macmillan publications is inserted between the stubs of leaves 287 and 288. |
| 1911 | Ethan Frome | Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, MCMXI | First American edition. "Published October, 1911" stated on © page. Deep red T cloth (rib); front cover: goldstamped ; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped. Top edge gilt. Dust jacket: Coated paper; front: ‘[two lines within single-rule frame] ETHAN j FROME | EDITH WHARTON’; back: ads for 15 Scribners books, including Ethan Frome; spine: ‘ETHAN | FROME | EDITH | WHARTON | $1.00 | NET | SCRIBNERS’; front flap: ads for four Scribners books; back flap: ad for Scribner’s Magazine.Note: First 2,500 copies had top edge gilt. The balance 3.500 copies, were not gilded. ALSO: London: MacMillan & Co., MCMXI. Second printing. First English edition. Moderate red and light orange-yellow-streaked FL cloth (dotted line); front cover: goldstamped; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped. |
| 1912 | The Reef | New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1912 | First American edition. "Copyright, 1912, by | D. APPLETON AND COMPANY" stated on © page. Deep red T cloth (rib); front cover: goldstamped; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped. ALSO: London: MacMillan & Co., 1912. First English edition. Dark blue V cloth (smooth); front cover: goldstamped; Dark blue V cloth (smooth); front cover: goldstamped. Top edge gilt. |
| 1913 | The Custom of the Country | Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, MCMXIII | First American edition. "Published October, 1913" stated on © page. Deep red T cloth (rib); front cover: goldstamped; back cover: blank; spine:goldstamped. Dust jacket: Pale greenish yellow wove paper; front: ‘[two lines within single-rule frame] THE CUSTOM OF | THE COUNTRY | EDITH WHARTON | [rule] | CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS’; back: ads for five Scribners books, including The Custom of the Country, spine: ‘THE ] CUSTOM | OF THE | COUNTRY ] EDITH | WHARTON | $1.35 | NET | SCRIBNERS’; front flap: ads for five Scribners books; back flap: ads for six Scribners books. ALSO: Toronto: McCleod & Allen, [1913]. First Canadian Edition. Same binding as First American edition except spine goldstamped "McCleod | & Allen" imprint. ALSO: London: MacMillan & Co., 1913. First English edition. Very deep red V cloth (smooth); front cover: goldstamped; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped. Top edge gilt. Dust jacket: Coated paper, the front covered with dark green pattern made up of repeated Macmillan logos; front: ‘THE CUSTOM OF THE | COUNTRY | EDITH WHARTON | [logo]’; back: ads for 11 Macmillan books; spine: ‘THE | CUSTOM | OF THE | COUNTRY | EDITH | WHARTON | [logo] | Six Shillings’; front and back flaps: blank. |
| 1915 | Fighting France, From Dunkerque to Belfort | Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, MCMXV | First American edition. "PUBLISHED NOVEMBER, 1915 " stated on © page. Deep red T cloth (rib); front cover: goldstamped ; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped. ALSO: Toronto: McCleod & Allen, [1915]. First Canadian edition. Binding, same as above, except spine imprint "McCleod | & Allen". ALSO: London: MacMillan & Co., 1915. First English edition. Deep red BF cloth (fine bead); front cover: goldstamped; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped with "MACMILLAN & Co." imprint. |
| 1916 | Xingxu and Other Stories | Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, MCMXVII | First American edition. "Published October, 1916" stated on © page. Deep red T cloth (rib); front cover: goldstamped; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped. Dust jacket: Pale greenish yellow wove paper; front: ‘[one line in single-rule frame] XINGU [ EDITH WHARTON | [rule] | CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS’; back: ads for eight books, including Xingu; spine: ‘XINGU | AND | OTHER | STORIES | EDITH | WHARTON | $1.40 | NET | SCRIBNERS’; front flap: ads for 19 books by Wharton; back flap: ad for Scribner’s Magazine. ALSO: London: MacMillan & Co., 1916. First English edition. "Copyright, 1916, by Charles Scribner’s Sons" stated on © page. Very deep red V cloth (smooth); front cover: goldstamped; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped. |
| 1917 | Summer | New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1917 | First American edition. "‘Copyright, 1917, by | D. APPLETON AND COMPANY" stated on © page. Dark red T cloth (rib); front cover: goldstamped; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped. Four-page catalogue date '20.31.8.17", inserted after p. 284. Dust jacket: Coated paper; front: deep reddish purple border of hedge-and flower design, outside of box of deep reddish purple with, in white, ‘Summer | [flower design] | EDITH | WHARTON’; back cover: ads for nine Appleton books within single-rule frame printed in deep reddish purple; spine: deep reddish purple ‘SUMMER | [rule] | WHARTON | $1.50 Net | APPLETONS’; front and back flaps: blank. ALSO: Toronto: McCleod & Allen, 1917. Fist Canadian edition. Binding same as above, except for "McCleod" imprint on the spine. ALSO: London: MacMillan & Co., 1917. First English edition. Brilliant greenish blue B cloth (linen); front cover: goldstamped; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped. |
| 1918 | The Marne | New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1918 | First American edition. "Copyright, 1918, by | D. APPLETON AND COMPANY" stated on © page. Grayish olive-green paper-covered boards, and moderate olive T cloth (rib) spine; front cover: stamped in strong greenish yellow; back cover: blank; spine: stamped in strong greenish yellow. No printing code on pp. 128 at the end of text. Dust jacket: Pale yellow-green coated paper; front: all within moderate red single-rule frame: ‘[18 lines within ornate, single-rule frame, all in dark green] THE MARNE | A Novel by | EDITH WHARTON ] [13-line blurb] | D. APPLETON AND COMPANY | Publishers New York’; back: quotes from reviews for Summer and The Reef; spine: all in dark green: ‘[two rules, connected by vertical rules] | THE | MARNE | [rule] | WHARTON | [rule] | $1.25 | Net | APPLETON | [two rules, connected by vertical rules]’; front and back flaps: blank. ALSO: London: MacMillan & Co., 1918. First English edition. Two bindings, no priority:
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| 1919 | French Ways and Their Meaning | New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1919 | First American edition. "COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY | D. APPLETON AND COMPANY" stated on © page. Dark olive-green BF cloth (fine bead); ; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped. "(1)" on p. 149 at the end of text. ALSO: London: MacMillan & Co., 1919. First English edition. Brilliant blue B cloth (linen); front cover: goldstamped; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped. |
| 1920 | The Age of Innocence | New York: D. Appleton & Co., MCMXX | First American edition. "COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY | D. APPLETON AND COMPANY" stated on © page. Deep red B cloth (linen); front cover: blackstamped; back cover: blank; spine: blackstamped. Printing code "(1)" at the end of text on p. 365. Dust jacket, two issues, priority as listed:
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| 1920 | In Morocco | Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1920 | First American edition. "Published October, 1920" stated on © page. Deep purplish blue V cloth (smooth); front cover: brilliant green and brilliant greenish yellowstamped leaf-and-vine frame; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped. Dust jacket: Yellowish white coated paper, with all printing in dark bluish green; front: all within single-rule frame: ‘IN | MOROCCO | [photograph] |EDITH WHARTON | [short rule] | CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS’; back: blank; spine: ‘IN | MOROCCO | BY | EDITH | WHARTON | SCRIBNERS’, front and back flaps: blank. ALSO: London: MacMillan & Co., 1920. First English edition. "Copyright, 1919-1920, by Charles Scribner’s Sons" stated on © page. Deep blue V cloth (smooth); front cover: three lines stamped in light greenish blue; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped. |
| 1922 | The Glimpses of the Moon | New York: D. Appleton & Co., MCMXXII | First American edition. "‘COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY | D. APPLETON AND COMPANY" stated on © page. Deep blue T cloth (rib); front cover: goldstamped; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped. Printing code "(1)" on p. 364, Dust jacket: Coated paper; front: drawing, in white, light pink, moderate yellowish pink, pale yellow, dark gray, dark grayish olive-green, very dark greenish blue, and black, of villa and grounds, with four lines in white at the top: ‘THE | GLIMPSES | of the MOON [ EDITH WHARTON’; back: ad, in blackish blue, for the book; spine: all in blackish blue: ‘[two rules] | The | GLIMPSES | of the | MOON | [two rules] | EDITH | WHARTON | By the | Author of | THE AGE OF | INNOCENCE | [two rules, intersected by publisher’s logo]’; front flap: blurb for The Age of Innocence; back flap: blurbs for Wharton and for The Glimpses of the Moon. ALSO: Toronto: McCleod & Allen, 1922. Fist Canadian edition. Same binding as American edition, with "McCleod" imprint on spine. |
| 1923 | A Son at the Front | Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, MCMXXIII | First American edition. "Published September, 1923" stated on © page. Deep red T cloth (rib); front cover: goldstamped; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped. p. 208.35 "lips" for "lids". Dust jacket: Coated paper, with borders of alternating deep red, white, and dark blue checks between horizontal rules of deep blue, extending from front flap to back flap across both top and bottom edges of jacket; front: ‘[border] | [six lines in deep red] A SON | AT THE | FRONT | EDITH | WHARTON | CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS | [border]’; back: ‘[border] | [blurb within double-rule frame, all in deep red] | [border]’; spine: ‘[border] | [six lines in deep red] A SON | AT THE | FRONT | EDITH | WHARTON | SCRIBNERS | [border]’; front flap: ad, with excerpts from reviews, for Ethan Frome, in the Bruce Rogers edition; back flap: ad for Grant Overton’s American Nights Entertainment. ALSO: Toronto: The Copp Clark Co, MCMXXIII. Fist Canadian edition. Binding same as the First American edition, except for "COPP, CLARK" imprint at spine. ALSO: London: MacMillan & Co., 1923. First English edition. Deep purplish blue V cloth (smooth); front cover: goldstamped; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped. |
| 1924 | Old New York: False Dawn | New York: D. Appleton & Co., MCMXXIV | First American edition. "COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY | D. APPLETON AND COMPANY" stated on © page. Deep blue T cloth (rib); front cover: off-white paper label with gold printing; back cover: blank; spine: off-white paper label with gold printing. Dust jacket: Coated paper, with flower designs in deep red, vivid greenish yellow, very dark bluish green, dark blue, and black, printed across front, back, and spine; front: printed in deep red: all within single-rule frame: ‘OLD NEW YORK—The ’Forties | [illustration, and lines one, two, and four from the paper label of the front cover, all within single-rule frame] | By EDITH WHARTON’; back: blank; spine: all in deep red. ‘[nine lines within single-rule frame] OLD | NEW YORK | [rule] | FALSE | DAWN | [rule] | EDITH | WHARTON | [publisher’s logo]’; front flap: ad for Old New York, and blurb for False Dawn; back flap: ads for all four books of Old New York. The inside of the dust jacket, printed in deep red, has an order form with which to order “the Edith Wharton number of the illustrated monthly bulletin, ‘Appleton Books,’ ” and ads for Appleton books, including six by Wharton. Issued in a boxed set with The Old Maid, The Spark, and New Year’s Day. Binding and Dust jackets for these volumes are similar to the first one. |
| 1925 | The Mother's Recompense | New York: D. Appleton & Co., MCMXXV | First American edition. "COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY | D. APPLETON AND COMPANY" stated on © page. Printing code "(1)" on p. 342. Two bindings, no priority:
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| 1926 | Here and Beyond | New York: D. Appleton & Co., Mcmxxvi | First American edition. "COPYRIGHT, 1926, BY | D. APPLETON AND COMPANY" stated on © page. Dark purplish blue AA cloth (moire fine rib); front cover: goldstamped; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped. Printing code "(1)" on p. 325. ALSO: Toronto: McCleod & Allen, 1926. Fist Canadian edition. Binding same as First American edition, except for "McCleod" imprint at spine. |
| 1926 | Twelve Poems | The Medici Society, London, MCMXXVI | Limited edition of 130 numbered copies signed by the author. Pale blue paper-covered boards, with bluish gray BF cloth (fine bead) spine; front cover: goldstamped; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped. Dust jacket: Pale blue laid paper with horizontal chain lines; front: ‘TWELVE POEMS BY | EDITH WHARTON’; back: blank; spine: printed top to bottom: ‘TWELVE POEMS BY | EDITH WHARTON’; front and back flaps: blank. |
| 1927 | Twilight Sleep | New York: D. Appleton & Co., Mcmxxvii | First American edition. "COPYRIGHT—1927—BY | D. APPLETON AND COMPANY" stated on © page. Printing code "(A) on p. 373. Moderate violet S cloth (diagonal fine rib); front cover: goldstamped; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped. Dust jacket: Very light greenish blue wove paper, all printing in dark purplish blue; front: ‘[circle design, with initials EW in center in script, the E above and overlapping the W] | Twilight | Sleep | By | EDITH | WHARTON’; back: ads for ten books by Wharton; spine: ‘Twilight | Sleep | [two rules] | EDITH | WHARTON | [two rules] | [publisher’s logo]’; front flap: blurb; back flap: ad for Here and Beyond. ALSO: Toronto: McCleod & Allen, 1927. Fist Canadian edition. Binding same as First American edition, except for "McCleod" imprint at spine. |
| 1928 | The Children | New York: D. Appleton & Co., Mcmxxviii | First American edition. "COPYRIGHT—1928—BY | D. APPLETON AND COMPANY" stated on © page. Printing code "(I)" on p. 347. Black V cloth (smooth); front cover: brilliant greenish yellowstamped; back cover: blank; spine: brilliant greenish yellowstamped. Dust jacket, four variants, priority of A-C undetermined:
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| 1929 | Hudson River Bracketed | New York: D. Appleton & Co., MCMXXIX | First American edition. "COPYRIGHT, 1929, BY | D. APPLETON AND COMPANY" stated on © page. Printing code "(I)" on p. 560. Three bindings, no priority:
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| 1930 | Certain People | New York: D. Appleton & Co., MCMXXX |
Note: There is a second printing in 1930 with the same printing code as the first printing, except for: Binding is moderate blue V cloth (smooth), with all stamping in black instead of gold; the logo on the title page is within a black background. |
| 1932 | The Gods Arrive | New York: D. Appleton & Co., MCMXXXII | First American edition. "COPYRIGHT, 1932, BY | D. APPLETON AND COMPANY" stated on © page. Printing code "(I)" on p. 432. Two bindings, no priority:
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| 1933 | Human Nature | New York: D. Appleton & Co., MCMXXXIII | First American edition. "COPYRIGHT, 1933, BY | D. APPLETON AND COMPANY" stated on © page. Printing code "(I)" on p. 249. Dark blue S cloth (diagonal fine rib); front cover: goldstamped; back cover: blank; spine: goldstamped. Dust jacket: Coated paper; front: V4" deep blue rule running vertically down the center, against a black background, with four lines in white printed over the rule: ‘Human [ Nature | BY EDITH | WHARTON’; back: “An Appreciation of Edith Wharton,” signed ‘WILLIAM LYON PHELPS. | In “The Delineator” ’; spine: Vs" deep blue rule running vertically down the center, against a black background, with four lines in white printed over the rule: ‘Human | Nature | WHARTON | [publisher’s logo]’; front flap: blurb; back flap: note on Wharton. Note: There is a second printing, same copyright and printing code as the first edition, except for: dark reddish orange B cloth (linen) binding. |
| 1934 | A Backward Glance | New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1934 | First American edition. "COPYRIGHT, 1934, BY | D. APPLETON AND COMPANY" stated on © page. Printing code "(1)" on p. 395. Two bindings, no priority:
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| 1936 | The World Over | New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1936 | First American edition. "COPYRIGHT, 1936, BY | D. APPLETON AND COMPANY" stated on © page. Printing code "(I)" on p. 309. Two bindings, no priority:
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| 1938 | The Buccaneers | New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1938 | First American edition. "COPYRIGHT, 1938, BY | D. APPLETON AND COMPANY" stated on © page. Printing code "(1)'"on p. 371. Two bindings, no priority:
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Edith Wharton – First Printing Dust Jackets Identification Guide
Gallery of First state Dust Jackets of Wharton’s works. Only includes the first appearance in book form. Either the UK or US edition and does not include later printings.
Reference:
- Wikipedia
- Stephen Garrison: Edith Wharton, A Descriptive Bibliography.
