De Profundis
by Wilde, Oscar
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
Second American edition with additional matter (80 pages). Small octavo. Edited, with a prefatory dedication by Robert Ross. Frontispiece portrait from the etching by J. E. Kelly. Original gilt stamped dark blue cloth over gray boards, t.e.g., uncut. No dust jacket. Good (slight soiling). 154 pages. No signatures or bookplates.
Mason 412.
Synopsis
Oscar Wilde wrote this while in prison to his friend and lover Lord Alfred Douglas. This love letter is a profound look into the personal life of Oscar. Please Note: This book has been reformatted to be easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. The Microsoft eBook has a contents page linked to the chapter headings for easy navigation. The Adobe eBook has bookmarks at chapter headings and is printable up to two full copies per year. Both versions are text searchable.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Houle Rare Books & Autographs (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7592
- Title
- De Profundis
- Author
- Wilde, Oscar
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam’s Sons/The Knickerbocker Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1909
- Pages
- 154
- Size
- Small octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...