The Young King, and other stories.
by WILDE, Oscar
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Richelieu, France
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About This Item
The Folio Society, 1953. Hardback in original maroon cloth with gilt title to spine, pale blue patterned boards with matching original unclipped dust-jacket. Nice F.S. edition of the complete collection of fairy tales by Wilde is illustrated with wood engravings in colour by John Gaastra. Dust jacket has some small nicks / curled edge to top and one small closed tear. Tiny loss to jacket on back at base of spine. Inside prelims age toned, otherwise a very good, clean copy. 156 pages. 250 x 165 mm (9¾ x 6½ inches).
Synopsis
Oscar Wilde is best known as the author of The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest, but the witty man was also a wonderful and imaginative teller of fairy tales.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harrison-Hiett Rare Books (FR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3016
- Title
- The Young King, and other stories.
- Author
- WILDE, Oscar
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Date Published
- 1953
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- fiction, tales, prose, John Gaastra,
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About the Seller
Harrison-Hiett Rare Books
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Richelieu
About Harrison-Hiett Rare Books
Harrison-Hiett is a small, family run business. Originally based in England we have re-located our business to Europe. We now live in the Netherlands, where we spend our time visiting and exhibiting at fairs.
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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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...