The Importance of Being Earnest A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
by Oscar Wilde
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good.
- Seller
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Petworth, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Leonard Smithers and Co, 1899. Good.. A first edition of what has been described as the second most known and quoted play in English after Hamlet. Limited to 1000 copies, of which this is numbered 283. In quarto original gilt stamped mauve cloth boards. Bumping to edges and corners. Contents complete, tidy and still tightly bound. Pages age coloured. 1899
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- Bookseller
- Reader’s Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5446
- Title
- The Importance of Being Earnest A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
- Author
- Oscar Wilde
- Book Condition
- Used - Good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Leonard Smithers and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1899
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About the Seller
Reader’s Books
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Petworth, West Sussex
About Reader’s Books
Market town general antiquarian book shop specialising in literature, travel and history.
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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