Apr 24, 2008 - Sale 2143

Sale 2143 - Lot 223

Price Realized: $ 1,560
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
WITH A SIGNED POEM WHARTON, EDITH. The House of Mirth. Illustrated. 8vo, red cloth gilt, rubbed; hinges cracked. First Edition, later printing, with Scribner's seal on copyright page. New York, 1905

Additional Details

with a manuscript poem by wharton, signed and dated on front endpaper. Enclosed is a copy of a letter by R. W. B. Lewis, Master Professor of English and American Studies, Yale University, substantiating the handwriting and declaring that the poem is likely her own as its title and subject is Belgium. She devoted a great deal of time and energy during WWI helping Belgian refugees and was decorated by the Belgian government.