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LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN & THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
by WILDE, Oscar
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Mild spotting to the cloth. Very Good in worn glassine and a Very Good slipcase
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Limited Editions Club, 1973. Hardcover. Mild spotting to the cloth. Very Good in worn glassine and a Very Good slipcase. Tony Walton. Quarto (7-3/4" x 10-3/4") bound dos-a-dos in full green buckram with the spine stamped in dark green and pure gold and the covers lettered in gilt, top and bottom edges gilt. Introduction by Sir John Gielgud. Illustrated by Tony Walton with 14 in-text line drawings, 6 full-page paintings, and 4 double-spread paintings. Copy #457 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018837
- Title
- LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN & THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
- Author
- WILDE, Oscar
- Illustrator
- Tony Walton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Mild spotting to the cloth. Very Good in worn glassine and a Very Good slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Oscar Wilde, Signed, Limited Editions Club, Illustrated Books, 19th Century British Literature
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
All books subject to prior sale. Payment with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $11.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, and American Express accepted. We are also open to reasonable payment terms. A book may be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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