Wharton, Edith.

The Age of Innocence. New York: Appleton and Co., 1920. 8vo (188 x 125 mm).



Publisher's black-titled red cloth in illustrated first issue dust-jacket (omitting Columbia/Pulitzer notices); top edge dusty, folds rubbed with chips at ends, larger chip at bottom of front panel upper fold, some general minor rubbing and a little light soiling to white jacket, a few short closed edge tears backed with old tape on verso.

top edge dusty, folds rubbed with chips at ends, larger chip at bottom of front panel upper fold, some general minor rubbing and a little light soiling to white jacket, a few short closed edge tears backed with old tape on verso, but a more than acceptable example of a very scarce jacket.
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First edition, very rare in jacket and especially so  unrestored  Signed copies are almost unknown (none at auction in the last 30 years), but in the present copy the  author's signature tipped in on the front endpaper.  Winner of the second Pulitzer Prize.