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From: Antiques & Collecting Magazine
Date: 20070501
Author:Anonymous

THE DECORATION OF HOUSES By Edith Wharton & Ogden Codman Jr. Hardcover, 328 pgs., Rizzoli, $35.

Many people will be surprised to learn that Edith Wharton's first published book was not a work of fiction, but a treatise of interior design. First released in 1897 by Charles Scribner & Sons, the book was, to the surprise of the publisher and the co-authors, a critically praised best-seller. This sensitively designed facsimile edition of the timeless book is carefully reproduced from the 1897 original hardcover. The new edition includes all 56 original plates illustrating furniture, ...

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