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THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. A trivial comedy for serious people
by WILDE. OSCAR
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- First
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About This Item
Leonard Smithers and Co. London. 1899. FIRST EDITION. Small 4to. (8.4 x 6.3 inches). One of 100 large paper copies, printed on Dutch hand made paper, numbered and signed by Oscar Wilde. Original publishers pale purple cloth with both boards and spine lettered and decorated with designs by Charles Shannon. Brown mark to two leaves where a piece of newspaper has been left in between the pages, otherwise a bright and clean copy throughout. Some minor mottling to the cloth spine but overall a superior copy. Mason 382.
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- Paul Foster Books
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- 10084
- Title
- THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. A trivial comedy for serious people
- Author
- WILDE. OSCAR
- Book condition
- Used
- Quantity available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Leonard Smithers and Co. London. 1899
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