The Complete Works (6 of 14 volumes)
by Wilde, Oscar
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good +
- Seller
-
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Methuen & Co, 1908. First Collected edition. Limp Vellum. Very good +. Octavo, Six of the Fourteen volumes issued in the first collected edition. This is the very scarce vellum edition printed on Japanese vellum and bound in limp vellum gilt titled. Titles are as follows "The Duchess of Padua", "Lady Windermere's Fan", "Miscellanies", "The Picture of Dorian Gray", "Reviews", "Salome A Florentine Tragedy, and Vera". "The Picture of Dorian Gray was published by Charles Carrington in Paris. Very good in limp vellum withlight foxing to the exterior. Bookplate in each. One of 80 sets bound in vellum Mason p460
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old New York Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49048
- Title
- The Complete Works (6 of 14 volumes)
- Author
- Wilde, Oscar
- Format/Binding
- Limp Vellum
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Collected edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1908
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Old New York Book Shop
Biblio member since 2017
Atlanta, Georgia
About Old New York Book Shop
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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. ...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...