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The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde
by Wilde, Oscar
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine (in mylar)
- ISBN 10
- 0805010092
- ISBN 13
- 9780805010091
- Seller
-
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1993. Unsigned. Oscar Wilde fairy tales, Michael Hague illustrations. First Edition. First Printing. Pale yellow end pages, bright and tight textblock. All page edges are crisp. Black cloth spine, orange paper boards, lightly bumped head and foot of spine and to the corners. Unclipped dust jacket, illustrated and mylar sleeved, minor shelf wear or rubbing to the tips. 183pp.. First Edition/1st Printing. Quarter Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine (in mylar). Illus. by Michael Hague. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.
Synopsis
Fairy tales, ghost stories, detective fiction and comedies of manners - the stories collected in this volume made Oscar Wilde's name as a writer of fiction, showing breathtaking dexterity in a wide range of literary styles. Victorian moral justice is comically inverted in 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' and 'The Canterville Ghost', and society's materialism comes under sharp, humorous criticism in 'The Model Millionaire', while 'The Happy Prince' and 'The Nightingale and the Rose' are hauntingly melancholic in their magical evocations of selfless love. These small masterpieces convey the brilliance of Wilde's vision, exploring complex moral issues through an elegant juxtaposition of wit and sentiment.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Clausen Books, RMABA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SB11914
- Title
- The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde
- Author
- Wilde, Oscar
- Illustrator
- Michael Hague
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine (in mylar)
- Edition
- First Edition/1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0805010092
- ISBN 13
- 9780805010091
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1993
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- English Fairy tales, England Fairy Tales, Fairy Tales, children's Stories, English Children's Stories, Short Stories, Fairy Tales,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
Biblio member since 2006
Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
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