Lewis, R.W.B. — Edith Wharton: A Biography

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library, 1986. Special Limited Edition. Hardcover. . Another fine addition to the Franklin Library stable of past Pulitzer Prize award winners, this edition comprising R.W.B. Lewis's winner for Biography in 1976. Sterling condition hardcover copy, handsomely produced as per usual Franklin Library Limited Edition standards, and augmented with portraits by Kenneth Francis Dewey. Unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only the slightest shelf- and edge-wear. Featuring decorative endpapers, bound-in silk ribbon bookmark, raised bands, all edges gilt, very little abrasion thereto, rich, colorful reddish-brown leather covers, classy gilt decoration to cover and spine. Gift-quality condition inside and out. 596 pp. and complete with IndexMember, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine