The Letters of Oscar Wilde
by Oscar Wilde; Rupert Hart-Davis
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Soho Square London: Rupert Hart Davis Ltd, 1962. Hardcover. Good. 1962. No Edition Remarks. 958 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic plates. Minor thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking to gutters; some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild sunning, staining and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier sunning with soft crushing to ends. Gilt lettering is noticeably darkened and faded.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1711524672ABS
- Title
- The Letters of Oscar Wilde
- Author
- Oscar Wilde; Rupert Hart-Davis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Soho Square London: Rupert Hart Davis Ltd
- Date Published
- 1962
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Text Block
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- Cloth
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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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...