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.
This edition combines two separate pieces of work by Wharton, The Greater Inclination and The Touchstone, into one book. On the first page in pencil penmanship are the labels, “The Garden House,” and “Saltwood.” White and brown aging spots are…
This copy is signed in the front: Colette Clark, Saltwood. This is the first English edition. This is a collection of 8 short stories many talking about the human condition and New York City society in the late 19th century.