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Rose Leaf and Apple leaf; (Introduction By Oscar Wilde)
by Rodd, Rennell
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1906, 1906. Small Octavo. Limited to 75 copies printed on Japan vellum. The present copy is #25. 100(1)pp. with an introduction by Oscar Wilde. Among the more scarce of the fine Mosher Press items. Title printed in red and black with publisher's device in red. The bibliographical note at the end of the volume that it was during Wilde's visit to America in 1882 that he discovered Rodd's volume of verse, [Songs in the South]. A rare and important Wilde imprint. Owner's bookplate. A good copy bound in stiff paper wraps, self jacketed, rear panel detached, spine has closed tears and front panel nearly detached. In clear mylar cover which holds and further protects it nicely together.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006967
- Title
- Rose Leaf and Apple leaf; (Introduction By Oscar Wilde)
- Author
- Rodd, Rennell
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Thomas B. Mosher, 1906
- Place of Publication
- Portland, Maine
- Date Published
- 1906
- Keywords
- Oscar Wilde Poetry Poem
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Vellum
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- Fine
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- Bookplate
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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...
- 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....
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...