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September 20, 2006: Edith Wharton's Books are Being Sold
"George Ramsden collected the 2,600-volume personal library of Edith Wharton over a period of 20 years but agreed to sell it the author's estate in Lenox, Massachusetts, for £1.5m last January.
The rare book dealer, of Settrington – who was named honorary curator of the collection – spent a week arranging the books on the shelves of her former home before meeting Laura Bush, the First Lady of the United States of America, at a special ceremony."
