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Welcome to Edith Wharton's Library! This site displays searchable image files for the books contained in Wharton's library at The Mount, her historic estate in Lenox, MA.

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Published in 5 volumes, but with only 4 remaining in Wharton's library. Bound half calf leather with marbled boards and endpapers.

A few, spare pencil markings have been added to volume 1, which also contains a bookseller's mark on the rear fly.

The Will to Power, Part II. Volume IX (of 10). Some penciled markings have been added to the text. A penciled, handwritten note (likely from a bookseller) appears inserted at the front, listing the book's author and title.

In three volumes. Bound in quarter red morocco leather with gilt decorations on the spine, marbled boards and marbled endpapers. Some penciled markings have been added to volumes II and III.

Book has half vellum, morocco label.

Bound in quarter red morocco leather with gilt decorations on the spine, marbled boards, and marbled endpapers.

A few penciled markings have been added to the text.

The Will to Power, Part I. Volume VIII (of 10). This volume contains many markings and annotations. On the fly, there are notes in Wharton's own hand. These feature statements pertaining to her work on the novel The Fruit of the Tree (1907),…

On the Geneaology of Morality. Volume VII (of 10). A few sections have been marked in pencil.

The Gay Science. Volume VI (of 10); several sections marked and ticked.

The Dawn. Volume V (of 10); some sections marked.

Human, All Too Human. Volume III and IV (of 10). Contains a penciled, handwritten note (likely from a bookseller) listing the title and author of the volume. Penciled markings, including question marks, have been added to the text in places.

Untimely Meditations. Volume II (of 10)

The Birth of Tragedy. Volume 1 (of 10).

With penciled annotations and markings, including the dates of Nietzsche's birth and death ("1844-1900"), which have been added to the title page.
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