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A Woman of No Importance
de Wilde, Oscar
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Muy bueno/No Jacket
- Librería
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Chico, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Paris [London]: [Leonard Smithers], 1903. Wilde's satire of upper-class life premiered in 1893. This particular publication is a rather deceptive edition LIMITED to 250 copies. No publisher is given, but per COPAC, it is Wilde's friend Leonard Smithers, who published many of the "decadent" writers of his day, including Captain Sir Richard Burton. The city of publication is named as Paris, but even this is in doubt and is most likely London; citing Paris may have allowed a hint of scandal to attach. Tan cloth binding with titling and the date "1903" in gilt on the spine. Clean text;154 pages. Very Good condition, with minor rubbing to the margins and some red stains on the rear cover. There is a signature on the limitation page, and a different one on the Title Page. The only real defect to be noted is the presence of many more signatures - as if practicing - on the endpapers and half-title page. One would be tempted to call this "juvenalia" but these appear to be adult handwriting. Some of these are pencil, and others ink. Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Sinopsis
Oscar Wilde's audacious drama of social scandal centres around the revelation of Mrs Arbuthnot's long-concealed secret. A house party is in full swing at Lady Hunstanton's country home, when it is announced that Gerald Arbuthnot has been appointed secretary to the sophisticated, witty Lord Illingworth. Gerald's mother stands in the way of his appointment, but fears to tell him why, for who will believe Lord Illingworth to be a man of no importance?
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- Librería
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 006235
- Título
- A Woman of No Importance
- Autor
- Wilde, Oscar
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Edición
- Limited
- Editorial
- [Leonard Smithers]
- Lugar de publicación
- Paris [London]
- Fecha de publicación
- 1903
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Modern Literature (Irish Authors);
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Quercus Rare Books
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Chico, California
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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...
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- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
