Books

Tight binding, solid red boards with bright black lettering, sun-faded spine strip very gently ruffled at head with bright black lettering, clean, blank bookplate affixed to front paste down, otherwise clean, unmarked pages throughout. In protective mylar cover. (1) appears at the end of text on the last page.

The Age of Innocence, written by Edith Wharton, is a novel that focuses on an upper-class couple's impending marriage and the introduction of a controversial cousin in 1870s New York. It explores the social intricacies and rituals of the high society of the time, and it provides a critical view of the social strictures that dictate behavior, particularly regarding marriage and loyalty.