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The Young King and Other Stories
by Oscar Wilde
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The Folio Society, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 156 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated paper covered boards with a pink spine strip and gilt. No slipcase included, if issued. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout, moderate at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Heavier tanning to text block edges. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Sunning to spine. Damps stains to cloth. Mild crushing to spine ends.
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
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1708498068ALK
- Title
- The Young King and Other Stories
- Author
- Oscar Wilde
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
World of Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
About World of Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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,...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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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