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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_1541_1 copy.pdf
The page with the bookplate is marbled and includes both the Pavillon Colombe and Land's End plates. The following page is blank except for the signature of Edith Wharton's father, George F. Jones, in the upper right corner. According to Ramsden,…

2005_047_1378_5 copy.pdf
This is the fifth volume of five. Full velum gilt with morocco labels in red and green.

2005_047_1378_3 copy.pdf
This is the third volume of five. Full velum gilt with morocco labels in red and green.

2005_047_1378_2 copy.pdf
This is the second volume of five. Signed, 'E. N. Jones. Florence' and labeled, 'Box 4.16'. Full velum gilt with morocco labels in red and green.

2005_047_1378_1 copy.pdf
This is the first volume of five. Signed, 'E. N. Jones. Florence' and labeled, 'Box 4.15'. Several dark spots appear on title pages. The poem Idylls of the King has markings on pages 169, 177, 181, 182, 183, 186, 187, 189, and 190. Full velum gilt…

2005_047_1320_5 copy.pdf
This is the fifth volume of five. Aldine edition. Contains the poems of renowned English poet Edmund Spenser, who lived in the 16th century. His best known work is the epic poem The Faerie Queen.

2005_047_1320_4 copy.pdf
This is the fourth volume of five. Aldine edition. Contains the poems of renowned English poet Edmund Spenser, who lived in the 16th century. His best known work is the epic poem The Faerie Queen.

2005_047_1320_3 copy.pdf
This is the third volume of five. Aldine edition. Contains the poems of renowned English poet Edmund Spenser, who lived in the 16th century. His best known work is the epic poem The Faerie Queen.

2005_047_1320_2 copy.pdf
This is the second volume of five. Aldine edition. Contains the poems of renowned English poet Edmund Spenser, who lived in the 16th century. His best known work is the epic poem The Faerie Queen.

2005_047_1320_1 copy.pdf
This is the first volume of five. Aldine edition. Contains the poems of renowned English poet Edmund Spenser, who lived in the 16th century. Contains two of Edith Wharton's bookplates. Includes an illustration of Edmund Spenser. Many mold spots.

2005_047_1293_4 copy.pdf
This is the fourth book of a four-volume collection of English poet Percy Shelley's poetry. Harry Buxton Forman edited each edition. Bound in red half morocco dec. gilt. Contains two of Edith Wharton's bookplates and an illustration of a building.

2005_047_1293_3 copy.pdf
This is the third book in a four-volume collection of English poet Percy Shelley's poetry. Harry Buxton Forman edited each edition. Bound in red half morocco dec. gilt. Contains an illustration of a landscape etched by A. Evershed and drawn by W. B.…

2005_047_1293_2 copy.pdf
This is the second book in a four-volume collection of English poet Percy Shelley's poetry. Harry Buxton Forman edited this edition. Bound in red half morocco dec. gilt. Contains an illustration of Percy Shelley. Has many small mold spots.

2005_047_1293_1 copy.pdf
This is the first book in a four-volume collection of English poet Percy Shelley's poetry. Harry Buxton Forman edited this edition. Bound in red half morocco dec. gilt. Has two of Edith Wharton's bookplates, and a portrait of Shelley.

2005_047_1127_1.pdf
Pope’s Poetical Works were first published in 1751. This is a “new edition” that is revised and edited by Robert Carruthers. Published in two volumes, and bound uniformly along with Pope’s translation of The Odyssey of Homer. Illustrated. Signed (in…
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