Description
First edition, first printing of The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, in the restored first state dust jacket.
Octavo, [6], 364pp, [2]. Full red cloth, title in black on front cover and spine. The first printing, with “[1]” after the last line of the text on page 365. Archival work to cloth spine, restoration to head and heel, color repairs along both hinges. Solid text block, some toning along edges of covers. Faint offsetting to endpapers.
In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $2.00 retail price on front flap, quotes by William Phelps from the New York Times on rear panel, no mention of the Columbia (Pulitzer) Prize on the spine. Professional restoration to the dust jacket, with stabilization of a few closed tears visible on the verso. Color work along flaps, folds, and spine. Housed in a custom blue cloth clamshell, title in gilt on spine.
(Garrison 30.I.a)
The Age of Innocence received the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, making Edith Wharton the first woman to win the prize.
