New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, Four Volumes. In Good plus condition. Spines are blue with brown lettering. Boards have shelfwear, bumping to corners, and mild scuffing. Text block has moderate foxing and light pen inscriptions from previous owner on front paste downs.

CONTENTS: Vol. I. "False Dawn (The 'Forties)" (142 pages) -- Vol. II. "The Old Maid (The 'Fifties)" (190 pages) -- Vol. III. "The Spark (The 'Sixties)" (105 pages) -- Vol. IV. "New Year's Day (The 'Seventies)" (159 pages). 1371916. FP New Rockville Stock.

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The four short novels in this collection by the author of The Age of Innocence are set in the New York of the 1840s, '50s, '60s, and '70s, each one revealing the tribal codes and customs that ruled society, portrayed with the keen style that is uniquely Edith Wharton's. Originally published in 1924 and long out of print, these tales are vintage Wharton, dealing boldly with such themes as infidelity, illegitimacy, jealousy, the class system, and the condition of women in society. Included in this remarkable quartet are False Dawn, which concerns the stormy relationship between a domineering father and his son; The Old Maid, the best known of the four, in which a young woman's secret illegitimate child is adopted by her best friend -- with devastating results; The Spark, about a young man's moral rehabilitation, which is "sparked" by a chance encounter with Walt Whitman; and New Year's Day, an O. Henryesque tale of a married woman suspected of adultery. Old New York is Wharton at her finest.

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Bookseller: Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1371916
Title: OLD NEW YORK [FOUR VOLUMES]
Author: Wharton, Edith
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: D. Appleton and Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1924
Note: May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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