WHARTON, Edith. The Age of Innocence. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1920.

First Edition in Second State dustjacket with Columbia Prize blurb at spine. Original red cloth and unsophisticated original illustrated dustjacket. Wharton's classic romance set in New York of a young man who is engaged, but falls in love with a woman who has just left her husband. Basis for several films including the 1934 Black and White starring Irene Dunne and John Boles and the Academy Award nominated Martin Scorsese film starring Daniel Day Lewis and Michelle Pfeiffer. A superior copy. Near Fine, binding imperceptibly recased, in attractive Very Good dustjacket, nicked at spine ends and flap corners, some soiling to spine and panels.

Price: $10,000.00