Lady Windermere's Fan
by WILDE, Oscar
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Paris: No Publisher, 1903. This is a Limited/Numbered edition #190 of 250 copies. Published by Smithers in London (even though it lists the publication locale as Paris). 132 pp. A tight, clean copy but the spine shows typical fading (readable, but just barely). A pirated early printing. . Early Reprint. Hard Cover. VG+/No Jacket.
Synopsis
This Victorian comedy of manners sparkles with Wilde's trademark repartee, epigrams, and witty dialogue. Arch-moralist Lady Windermere, shattered by the suspicion of her husband's infidelity, contemplates running off with a roue until her rival illustrates the difference between morality and its appearance. A comic masterpiece, studded with humorous quips and clever paradoxes.
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Details
- Bookseller
- abookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008870
- Title
- Lady Windermere's Fan
- Author
- WILDE, Oscar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Early Reprint
- Publisher
- No Publisher
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- Play; Limited
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