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The Reef
by Wharton, Edith
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Syndicate Publishing Company, 1912. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Reprint Edition. Very Good in a Good jacket, multiple chips to the edges and corners, generally rubbed and soiled. Red buckram, toned at the spine, with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square, bound with some reading wear, clean internally. A Wharton romance about ex-pats living in France with a widow reconnecting with one of her former interests.
Synopsis
The Reef, a semi-autobiographical novel that attacks the hypocrisies of New York society of which author Edith Wharton had long been a member, was praised by contemporaries as her best work since Ethan Frome. The novel challenged the morality of the times in the person of George Darrow, a diplomat who drifts into an affair with another woman after his proposal of marriage to widow Anna Leath receives a cool response.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6104
- Title
- The Reef
- Author
- Wharton, Edith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Syndicate Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- American Literature, Modern Literature, 20th Century Literature, Romance, France, Europe
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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