The Decoration of Houses
by Edith Wharton (Ogden Codman, Jr.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +. The 1897 true 1st edition of Edith Wharton's first published book, a major work in turn-of-the-century interior design. Co-written with renowned architect and interior decorator Ogden Codman, Jr. Clean, solid and VG+ in its marbled boards, with very light wear along the spine ends and the outer hinges. Thick octavo, 56 plates complementing the text, deckled fore and bottom-edges. (This copy belonged to --and is signed by-- prominent American architect of the Gilded Age Horace Trumbauer (1868-1938).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21868
- Title
- The Decoration of Houses
- Author
- Edith Wharton (Ogden Codman, Jr.)
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1897
- Keywords
- rare interior design, rare interior decoration, rare Edith Wharton, rare architecture, rare authors' first books
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...