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Lady Windermere's Fan and The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Longmont, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
The Easton Press, The Collector's Library of Famous Editions (1973). First Edition thus; Collector's Edition. Illustrated by Tony Walton. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Used - Fine, Like New condition. Very minor shelf wear to all four corners. Binding and text block are otherwise tight, bright, and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Bound as a dos-a-dos -- two plays bound back to back (turn the book upside down and around and you find the other play). Full (genuine) leather with hubbed spine. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spine and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper with gilded edges. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints, silk moire fabric end leaves, and permanent satin ribbon marker. Notes From The Archives sheet laid in. Photos are of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Barbed Wire Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M0172
- Title
- Lady Windermere's Fan and The Importance of Being Earnest
- Author
- Oscar Wilde
- Illustrator
- Tony Walton
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1973
- Pages
- 239
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Dos-a-dos binding, comedy, drama, classics, illustrated, theater, books into film, gift books, special edition, special binding
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Drama; Easton Press;
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