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AN IDEAL HUSBAND. By the Author of Lady Windermere's fan.
by WILDE. OSCAR
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Leonard Smithers and Co. London. 1899. FIRST EDITION.
Small 4to. (8.4 X 6.3 inches). xvi, 213pp. Original light purple cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and decorative designs by Charles Shannon in gilt to both boards and spine. All edges untrimmed. There is a small light smudge to the bottom of the title page and the gilt on the spine is just a little toned but overall this is a very near fine copy.
Housed in a dark blue morocco spined slipcase and chemise. A superior copy of the fourth, and last, of Wilde's comedies of manners, first performed on stage in 1895. One of 1000 copies, published July 1899. -- Mason 385.
Small 4to. (8.4 X 6.3 inches). xvi, 213pp. Original light purple cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and decorative designs by Charles Shannon in gilt to both boards and spine. All edges untrimmed. There is a small light smudge to the bottom of the title page and the gilt on the spine is just a little toned but overall this is a very near fine copy.
Housed in a dark blue morocco spined slipcase and chemise. A superior copy of the fourth, and last, of Wilde's comedies of manners, first performed on stage in 1895. One of 1000 copies, published July 1899. -- Mason 385.
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- Bookseller
- Paul Foster Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10525
- Title
- AN IDEAL HUSBAND. By the Author of Lady Windermere's fan.
- Author
- WILDE. OSCAR
- Book condition
- Used
- Quantity-available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Leonard Smithers and Co. London. 1899
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- Play Humor Theatre Irish
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- Modern First Editions.;
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