Intentions. The Decay of Lying; Pen, Pencil, and Poison; The Critic as Artist; The Truth of Masks.
by WILDE, Oscar
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Unicorn Press, London. 1945. The Unicorn Press, London. 1945. Green cloth, gilt script to spine and upper board. 199 pages. Extremities v. sl. rubbed and bumped; sl. binding error resulting in crease to straight vertical crease to front paste-down end-paper has resulted in corresponding shallow vertical indentation to approx. first half of book; still a nice edition of these essays.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Addyman Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 97301
- Title
- Intentions. The Decay of Lying; Pen, Pencil, and Poison; The Critic as Artist; The Truth of Masks.
- Author
- WILDE, Oscar
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- The Unicorn Press, London. 1945
- Keywords
- PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS and SOCIETY essays literary criticism
- Bookseller catalogs
- PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS and SOCIETY;
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Addyman Books
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About the Seller
Addyman Books
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire
About Addyman Books
Addyman Books is based in Hay-on-Wye, the book capital of the world, with almost 30 bookshops in the town, nestled in the Black Mountains of Wales. We have been established since 1986 and have three shops, Addyman Books, Addyman Annexe and Murder & Mayhem. Large general stock. Murder & Mayhem specialises in Detective Fiction, True Crime and Horror.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- SL.
- slight
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...