Oscar Wilde : A Summing Up (With an introduction by Derek Hudson)
by Lord Alfred Douglas
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Richards Press, 1950. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Slim 8vo, xiv + pp142 with b/w frontispiece portrait of Oscar Wilde and fold out colour facsimile of original letter with "Cafe Suisse" letterhead. Hardcover no dust jacket. Original green cloth binding with gilt titles to spine in very good condition with very minimal shelf wear to top and tail of spine. Inside very slight crack at pp98/99 however binding still perfect and tight. All pages in excellent condition with the very occasional small spot of foxing. A lovely copy.
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- Bookseller
- Nikki Green Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000969
- Title
- Oscar Wilde : A Summing Up (With an introduction by Derek Hudson)
- Author
- Lord Alfred Douglas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- The Richards Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- History / Literature
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