"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. "
— Oscar Wilde
The Fruit of the Tree.
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907. [Ethical Romance] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[8] 633 [7]. With three black and white half-tone plates by Kimball, including a frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Fore-edge untrimmed. A small black ink ownership to fly-leaf. Gently toned throughout. Spine sunned and gilt somewhat dulled, with moderate general wear. Well-read, but fully intact. Very good. Wharton here broaches the difficult questions of Labour law and Euthanasia, while also developing a traditional Romantic plot. Item #59065
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