The Touchstone
by WHARTON, Edith
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Scribner, 1900. First. hardcover. 8vo, gray boards stamped in gilt, gilt top, fore-edge uncut. New York: Scribner, 1900. First Edition.<br/> <br/> Extremes of spine chipped, but overall a clean crisp copy of Wharton's second book.<br/> <br/>
Synopsis
Stephen Glennard is in desperate need of money; his career is in ruins and he wants to marry his beautiful fiancee. He unearths the passionate love-letters written to him by the famous, now-deceased author Margaret Aubyn, and sells them, erasing only his name. He makes a fortune from the betrayal and begins his marriage from it.The Touchstone was Edith Wharton's first published novella.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Argosy Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 293739
- Title
- The Touchstone
- Author
- WHARTON, Edith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1900
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Argosy Book Store
Biblio member since 2004
New York, New York
About Argosy Book Store
We are a large retail store, with 6 floors of out-of-print and rare books, (including, Americana, modern first editions, history of medicine and science), antique maps and prints, autograph manuscripts, letters & signatures.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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....