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THE PLAYS OF OSCAR WILDE; Introduction by Edward Saltus
by Wilde, Oscar
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Modern Libary No. 83, 1952. Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo, gray cloth with dark green label & gilt lettering, Introduction by Edward Saltus, archival mylar-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped; price $1.25), gray pictorial ML Torchbearer design endpapers, publisher's gray topstain, iv, [v-vi] + 220 pages + [6] Ads for ML. Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) was an Irish poet, wit, raconteur, and brilliant playwright. This edition contains: Salome, The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, and An Ideal Husband.<br/> <br/> Solid, clean copy. Light uniform age-toning to paper. A few small nicks and some edgewear to the jacket edges. Toledano's Guide states that the number 360 on the inside of the unclipped dust jacket indicates it was printed in 1952, which conforms to the style of the dj's rear panel. ML first published Oscar Wilde's Plays in 1932.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7928
- Title
- THE PLAYS OF OSCAR WILDE; Introduction by Edward Saltus
- Author
- Wilde, Oscar
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Modern Libary No. 83
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- Humor, satire, British, Irish, scandal, homosexuality, society, sex, marriage,
Terms of Sale
Borg Antiquarian
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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