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First Edition, First Printing with the number (1) present on page 188. Later editions have a (2) (3) etc. A beautiful copy. This First Issue dustjacket with NO mention of the Pulitzer Prize award is rich in color with minor wear to the edges. The book is bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's blue cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy of this scarce Pulitzer Prize winner.

The Old Maid is a novel by American author Edith Wharton. It tells the story of Charlotte Lovell and her cousin Delia Lovell Ralston in the backdrop of 1850s New York. As part of the novella sequence 'Old New York', it portrays the complexities of social norms and personal dilemmas against the changing landscape of American society.