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Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young
by Wilde, Oscar
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- g+ to vg
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for private circulation, 1894. First edition. Softcover. g+ to vg. 35/75. Octavo. 11pp. Original gray wraps with blue, decorative ruling and lettering on cover. Black and red lettered title page. Decorative head and end piece with historiated initial letter. Of this work seventy-five copies have been printed for private circulation of which this is No. 35. A collection of aphorisms originally written for and published in the first issue of the magazine Chameleon, the successor of "The Spirit Lamp" at Oxford University. "The first duty in life is to be as artificial as possible. What the second duty is no one has as yet discovered" (Oscar Wilde). These epigrams, so Joseph Pearce, undoubtedly have "an air of subversive decadence that undermined conventional values." Front cover with crease at lower right corner. Block bumped. Wraps and interior in very good, near fine condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40552
- Title
- Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young
- Author
- Wilde, Oscar
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g+ to vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Printed for private circulation
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1894
- Keywords
- british aphorisms, british epigrams, emglish aphorisms, english epigrams, wickedness, artificial life
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About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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Santa Monica, California
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We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- Fine
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- Octavo
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- Title Page
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- First Edition
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- G+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...
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