First edition of this social justice novel, addressing the bad treatment of those in domestic service – especially immigrants – by "one of our most celebrated and most meritorious writers" (Edgar Allan Poe).
First printing of the Jazz-Age novel published at the peak of Wharton's career, skillfully assessing the effects of gender roles in high society.
First printing of Wharton's post-war novel, "the beginning of a revitalized and extraordinarily experimental late period" (Sensibar) in her career – in the scarce original dust jacket.
First printing, first state, of this Jazz-Age assessment of Modernism through the lens of the most famous woman author of the era, in the scarce original dust jacket.
Inscribed first printing of Morrison's masterpiece, based on the true story of Margaret Garner, a fugitive slave who killed her daughter upon capture in order to prevent her from experiencing the horrors of slavery.
Advance uncorrected galley proof of the first American edition from the consummate psychological mystery novelist, whose works Ian Rankin called "consistently better work than most Booker winners put together."
First printing, the sweeping historical drama of forbidden passions in the Australian Outback, lavishly inscribed.
First printing of an unusual memoir, highlighting the novelties of automobile travel in pre-war France – a beautiful copy.
First printing of this great novel of American realism, a "Cruel, Compelling, Haunting Story of New England," according to the original New York Times review.
First printing of Wharton's magnum opus, a tragedy of decadent society that secured her lasting reputation, and for which she won the Pulitzer Prize – becoming the first woman to do so.
3rd printing of one of Wharton's best books, published the same year as the first, but printed on wove paper and with ads at the rear.
A copy of THE MONTHLY REVIEW, volume 85, containing an anonymous review that argues the newly published FRANKENSTEIN is unworthy of meaningful notice.
