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Intentions, The Decay of Lying; Pen, Pencil, and Poison; The Critic As Artist; The Truth of Masks
by WILDE, Oscar
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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East Woodstock, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, [1891]. First American Edition. Octavo, pink cloth stamped in yellow. Of a total of 1500 copies printed, 900 were for sale in the UK, and 600 were bound with the Dodd, Mead and Company title page. Very Good condition, spine darkened, time toned paper. No dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40615
- Title
- Intentions, The Decay of Lying; Pen, Pencil, and Poison; The Critic As Artist; The Truth of Masks
- Author
- WILDE, Oscar
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1891]
- Weight
- 0.00
Terms of Sale
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About Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
For the past many years this firm has strived to provide a large, high quality, and diverse collection of mostly fiction published primarily before the Second World War and with their original dustjackets. Our specialties include Photoplay Editions, Mysteries, Fantasy Literature, Plays, Romances, Westerns, Hollywood Interest, and Business Fiction. We also have a large collection of Cocktail Recipe Books, Children's Literature and 19th Century Literature. We pride ourselves on providing accurately described, high grade, and difficult to locate titles in these fiction genres.
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- Cloth
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- Title Page
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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