Although Edith Wharton may be best known for her novels analyzing New York's upper crust, the author lived in France from 1907 until her death in 1937. There, she witnessed the ravages of World War I, especially the hardships endured by refugees. She helped by establishing The Children of Flanders Relief Committee and The American Hostels for Refugees. To raise money for her charities, she edited this work of poems, essays, and pictures. Contributors include some of the brightest names of the time -- Joseph Conrad, Jean ...
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Although Edith Wharton may be best known for her novels analyzing New York's upper crust, the author lived in France from 1907 until her death in 1937. There, she witnessed the ravages of World War I, especially the hardships endured by refugees. She helped by establishing The Children of Flanders Relief Committee and The American Hostels for Refugees. To raise money for her charities, she edited this work of poems, essays, and pictures. Contributors include some of the brightest names of the time -- Joseph Conrad, Jean Cocteau, Paul Claudel, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Maurice Maeterlinck, George Santayana, Igor Stravinsky, and W.B. Yeats. Theodore Roosevelt provided the introduction, in which he wrote: "We owe to Mrs. Wharton all the assistance we can give. We owe this assistance to the good name of America, and above all for the cause of humanity we owe it to the children, the women and the old men who have suffered such dreadful wrong for absolutely no fault of theirs." EDITH WHARTON (1862-1937) is the author of The House of Mirth, Ethan Frome, The Custom of the Country, and The Age of Innocence, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize. For her charitable work, she was awarded the French Legion of Honor and other decorations.
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GOOD. JACKET: MYLAR. 8.5X11. ORIGINAL ARTICLES IN VERSE AND PROSE ILLUSTRATIONS REPRODUCED FROM ORIGINAL PAINTINGS & DRAWINGS Printed by D.B. Updike at The Merrymount Press, illustrated. Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. Original contributions from Sarah Bernhardt, Rupert Brooke, Jean Cocteau, Joseph Conrad, John Galsworthy, Edmund Gosse, Thomas Hardy, William Dean Howells, Henry James, Alice Meynell, Edmond Rostand, George Santayana, Igor Stravinsky, Mrs. Humphrey Ward, Barrett Wendell, Edith Wharton, W.B. Yeats and many others. Illustrations contributed by Max Beerbohm, Walter Gay, Charles Dana Gibson, Claude Monet, Renoir, Rodin, Sargent and others. some marks on front & back cover; pages are some what yellowed; corners bumped, gilt on spine, pages clean _PAB_
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Fine. Book. 4to-over 9¾-12" tall. Beautiful Fine Copy of The Limited Edition Signed By Designer D.B. Updike 1/175 Copies #76. Gorgeous and Fresh. Very Scarce.
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Fine. First edition, deluxe issue. Folio. Cloth and papercovered boards. Printed by D.B. Updike at The Merrymount Press. Decorations by Rudolph Ruzicka. Preface by Edith Wharton. Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. Contributions by Sarah Bernhardt, Joseph Conrad, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, and others. Illustrations by Charles Dana Gibson, Monet, Renoir, and others. Copy number 66 of 125 copies printed in a larger format (additionally 50 others were printed with an additional suite of plates) Signed by the printer D.B. Updike. Fine in original unprinted glassine dustwrapper with modest wear at the extremities, in original cardboard slipcase with wear and slight loss at the corners. Rare.
