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Son of Oscar Wilde

by Holland, Vyvyan

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  • Hardcover
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Very Good condition/No jacket
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New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1954. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Backstrip a trifle faded else Very Good condition. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Photo illustrated. Holland's memoir of his father, Oscar Wilde. When Vyvyan Wilde was 9 years-old, his father stood trial, accused of committing "acts of gross indecency" with male prostitutes. After Wilde's conviction, Vyvyan's mother changed their name to Holland. Five appendices: including four "Poems in Prose Told by Oscar Wilde" (previously unpublished); letters from Lord Alfred Douglas ["Bosie"]; 33 letters from Oscar Wilde to Reginald Richard ("Kitten") Harding and William Welsford ("Bouncer") Ward, 1876-1878; etc. Original pink cloth, gilt. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. 8vo. xv, 237pp .

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
009975
Title
Son of Oscar Wilde
Author
Holland, Vyvyan
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good condition
Jacket Condition
No jacket
Edition
First Printing of the First Edition
Publisher
E. P. Dutton and Company
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1954
Bookseller catalogs
Poetry / Poets; Literature / Literary Biography / Criticism;
Size
8vo. xv, 237pp

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Bookplate
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