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Oscar Wilde. Some Reminiscences
by Ingleby, Leonard Cresswell
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London: T. Werner Laurie, 1912. Ingleby was one of the pseudonyms used by the prolific novelist Cyril Arthur Edward Justice Waggoner Ranger Gull (1876-1923). He was a friend of the "decadent" publisher Leonard Smithers and wrote one of the earliest biographies of Oscar Wilde. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition, a rare title. Green cloth binding, beveled and decoratively blindstamped, with titling in gilt on the spine and front cover. Clean text; 175 pages. Illustrated; frontis and four others within. There is no publication date, but per COPAC, Quercus adopts 1912 as likely. Hints only of rub to the margins. Laid-in are three newspaper clippings regarding Wilde. A superior copy of this scarce book.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006567
- Title
- Oscar Wilde. Some Reminiscences
- Author
- Ingleby, Leonard Cresswell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- T. Werner Laurie
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1912
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Irish Authors);
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through Biblio. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Fine
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- 12mo
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- Beveled
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- Cloth
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- Laid-in
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