Welcome to Edith Wharton's Library! This site displays searchable image files for the books contained in Wharton's library at The Mount, her historic estate in Lenox, MA.
A memoir recounting Lubbock's childhood days at Earlham Hall, the home of his maternal grandparents in Norfolk. The book was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1922.
The volume includes a handwritten note from the publisher, Jonathan…
Bound in black leather with gilt-stamped decorations (Wharton's signature) on the cover. Tipped in at the front, there is a list of "Misprints" in Wharton's hand. However, none of the listed corrections were successfully incorporated into subsequent…
Volume two of two. Contains Edith Wharton's bookplate and a red cover. Includes an introduction written by H. N. Brailsford. This is Trelawney's somewhat truthful memoir of his time growing up in England.
Volume one of two. Contains Edith Wharton's bookplate and a red cover. Includes an introduction written by H. N. Brailsford. This is Trelawney's vaguely truthful memoir of his time growing up in England.
This is the first volume of three, which bears Edith Wharton's signature and a mark on page 108. Includes a photograph of Walt Whitman. This book is a compilation of conversations between the author and his friend, Walt Whitman. This book includes…
Contains Edith Wharton's bookplate and the handwritten numbers '22.10'. This book is Stevenson's record of his time in the Marquesas, Paumotus, and Gilbert Islands.
This book contains two novels, the first being the biography of Stevenson's Professor of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh, with whom he spent time with in the University's debate club and performing theater at the professor's house. The…
Includes a forward by A. G. Gardiner. Contains portraits and illustrations, including one of the author at age 4. This is a memoir of artist Ford Madox-Brown's grandchild, which discusses her time with her grandfather and her life in a convent.
The author's handwritten dedication to Edith Wharton reads:
'For Edith Wharton, my brother Theodore Roosevelt's friend, and mine, with admiration for her genius, & gratitude for the joy she has given me through it, from Corinne Roosevelt Robinson /…