WHARTON, Edith. Twilight Sleep. (FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING - PRESENTATION COPY - INSCRIBED TO HER FRENCH TRANSLATOR- 1927)

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AUTHOR: WHARTON, Edith. 

TITLE: Twilight Sleep.

PUBLISHER: NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1927.

DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol., inscribed on the half-title in French to Louis Gillet her good friend her and translator, hardbound, publisher's original gilt stamped purple cloth, with the DJ.

CONDITION: Inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of the spine fine, DJ quite worn, front cover detached from spine and chipping to edges, largely complete but better than it may sound, VG/FAIR.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Louis Gillet (1876-1946) was a French art historian and literary critic. He translated two of Wharton's works into French, "The Mother's Recompense" in 1927, and "The Children", in 1928.