In Excelsis (signed by Lord Alfred Douglas)
by DOUGLAS, LORD ALFRED
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- In Excelsis [Signed Edition]. London: Martin Secker, 1924. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo. 6 x 8.5 in. 45 pp. Near fine i/Near Fine
- Seller
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Potomac, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
First Edition, First Printing. Limited Edition, number 60 of only 100 copies, signed by Lord Alfred Douglas on colophon page. Near fine in original pale yellow cloth and near fine dust jacket with the slightest sunning at spine. Copies of Sonnets composed while the author was cooling off in prison, serving six months for libeling Winston Churchill. Douglas memorized the sonnets before the prison authorities confiscated the manuscript. Octavo. 6 x 8.5 in. 45 pp. A beautiful copy!
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- Bookseller
- Grinning Cat Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5206
- Title
- In Excelsis (signed by Lord Alfred Douglas)
- Author
- DOUGLAS, LORD ALFRED
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - In Excelsis [Signed Edition]. London: Martin Secker, 1924. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo. 6 x 8.5 in. 45 pp. Near fine i
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Numbered
- Publisher
- Martin Secker
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1924
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- POETRY, ENGLISH POETRY
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
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