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Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories
by Wilde, Oscar
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: Penguin, 1954. 1st Thus . Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 192pp. Printed light card covers. Sun faded spine, damage to top front corner (affects first few pages). Light chipping to edges and wear to covers. Text block edges sun faded; affect page margins. Internally, neat, clean, bright and tight. 12mo. Includes: The Centerville Ghost; The Model Millionaire; The Young King; The Fisherman and his Soul and others.
Synopsis
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime is a masterpiece of polished cynicism, in which poison, explosive clocks and finally murder forerun married bliss. Two of Oscar Wilde's best-loved stories for children are also included, together with The Canteville Ghost and The Portrait of MR. W.H., a brilliant piece of scholarly detection.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011905
- Title
- Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories
- Author
- Wilde, Oscar
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Thus
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Detective Fiction, Short Stories
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About the Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent
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Based in the leafy hamlet of Chartham Hatch, just a few miles from the historic Cathedral city of Canterbury, BookAddiction offers beautiful, illustrated and collectible used books and a selection of unique works on paper.BookAddiction was established in 1999 (originally trading as The Virtual Bookshelf). We are members of the book-selling co-operation, Ibooknet, which extends the highest professional and ethical standards, and are in the process of joining the Provincial Booksellers' Fairs Association (PBFA).Follow our blog, on books and book collecting at www.bookaddictionuk.wordpress.uk or visit our website at www.bookaddiction.co.uk.We welcome inquiries about our books and endeavour to respond promptly. Please ask away, Offers always welcome.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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