Sebastian Melmoth
by WILDE, Oscar
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
London, Arthur L. Humphreys, 1905., 1905. Later printing. 8vo. Contemporary 3/4 vellum over light blue cloth, gilt stamped decorations of lines and crosses on the spine, two green leather gilt stamped spine labels, t.e.g., others uncut (front free endpaper missing). Fine. 222 pages. No bookplates. A collection of Wilde's aphorisms and bon mots first published the previous year. See - Mason 634.. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Houle Rare Books & Autographs (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 229097
- Title
- Sebastian Melmoth
- Author
- WILDE, Oscar
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Arthur L. Humphreys, 1905.
- Date Published
- 1905
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Houle Rare Books & Autographs
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Palm Springs, California
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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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...