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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.

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2005_047_0990.pdf
2nd edition. Illustrated, with a frontispiece from a drawing by Walter Paget.

Kingsley was a supporter of the 19th c. English religious movement known as "muscular Christianity" (of which Wharton's associate, Theodor Roosevelt, was also an…

2005_047_0880.pdf
Bound in marbled boards with a note from the publisher included: "With the author's compliments." The note is pro forma, but the words "the author's" have been handwritten in pencil. Lubbock's only novel, which Wharton privately criticized in a…

2005_047_1474_1 copy.pdf
"The Story of a Simple Soul."

Half-bound in fawn-colored cloth, with Morroco leather labels.

The book follows the story of Arthur "Artie" Kipps, who is orphaned and lives with his Aunt and Uncle. Wharton was friendly with Wells and owned…

2005_047_1523 copy.pdf
A dramatic adaption of Wharton's novella. Ramsden states that there are “23 holographic corrections" included in the text. The Front Cover is black with gold letters of the title and author’s names.The next page just has the name of the story on it,…

2005_047_1497 copy.pdf
A first edition of Wharton's book. On the left side page, the inscription reads "H.E.J from E.W. January 1909". According to Ramsden, H.E.J stands for Harry Jones. We can assume that this book was given to Jones from Wharton and that it is his own…

2005_047_1496 copy.pdf
Edward Wharton's copy, which includes his signature. The inscription says, "'The Mount' Lenox", suggesting this copy was kept there. It also includes an inscription of the date it was published, October 1907. It has thin pages. It is a first edition…

2005_047_1494 copy.pdf
Signed by Wharton herself. The illustrations from this book have been removed by Wharton, thus resulting in a pencil line through the sentence "with illustrations by A.B. Wenzell." There are mold spots on the inside pages. The cover has a red binding…

There is a holograph correction on the cover page. There are also some grammatical and spelling corrections marked by pencil (See pages 169, 194, 271) though Ramsden only mentions the correction on page 169.  According to Ramsden, this text is Walter…

2005_047_1516 copy.pdf
Bound in cloth; the cloth cover has been damaged by water and mold. The title is now obscured. This text is signed by Edith Wharton. This is the 8th edition of this text and this is a special edition published on the occasion of the 25th anniversary…

2005_047_1501 copy.pdf
First English edition. Contains Edith Wharton's signature,

2005_047_1515 copy.pdf
This text is signed by Edith Wharton. There are some holograph corrections marked in pencil: see pages 118, 270, 309. But in the Ramsden catalog, he erroneously marked the pages as 139, 201 267, 312. However, later published editions show that these…

2005_047_1476 copy.pdf
A realist novel dealing with issues of social justice from the legendary science fiction author.

2005_047_1521 copy.pdf
A third edition copy, published in New York by Appleton in 1928. Ramsden notes holographic corrections on pages 155, 190 and 346. There is also an Appleton Crest on the center of the title page, with the year Appleton was established in 1825 and the…

2005_047_1493 copy.pdf
Walter Berry's copy, complete with his ownership signature in the top left corner. It includes an illustration of vines, pillars, and angels. The illustration is done in red. This illustration was only included in the first edition.

2005_047_1348 copy.pdf
A second edition. Literary historians cite Wharton’s praise of Belchamber as unique, as many contemporary critics disliked the book.  Wharton published a review of the novel in 1905, which is reprinted in Wagner’s The Uncollected Writings of Edith…
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