Impressions of America
de Wilde, Oscar; Mason, Sturat
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Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Sunderland: Keystone Press 1906, 1st thus. (Wrappers) 40pp. Very good. Limited edition: one of 500 copies of which 50 were on hand-made paper; this being from the ordinary edition; 12mo (5" X 7 3 / 8"), faded grey-blue wrappers with black lettering on front cover. Wrappers faded and chipped; hinge split (repaired with archival tape); pages uncut and foxed. Preserved in attractive custom-made slip case with marbled paper and a Plexiglas panel revealing the cover. Scarce posthumous publication, printed during the height of Wilde's unpopularity. With editor Stuart Mason 'S preface, Wilde's autobiographical essay on travel in America, as given as a lecture at Wandsworth in September of 1883; two poems, "Le Jardin" and "La Mer," are also here printed in book form for the first time. Mason was Wilde's bibliographer..
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- Spafford Books
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- 115646
- Título
- Impressions of America
- Autor
- Wilde, Oscar; Mason, Sturat
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Keystone Press
- Lugar de publicación
- Sunderland
- Palabras clave
- Travel, Literature-British, Travel
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Slip Case
- A protective sleeve, often made of decorative cardboard or leather which houses a book. It is open on one end, so as to allow...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 1st Thus
- This indicates that this is not the first appearance of a book in print, but that this is the first appearance in a...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
