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Beautiful Untrue Things, Forging Oscar Wilde's Extraordinary Afterlife
by Gregory Mackie
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- Hardcover
- first
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- Fine Condition/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1487502907
- ISBN 13
- 9781487502904
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Univ. of Toronto Press, Toronto, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Fine Condition/Fine. GREGORY MACKIE. Beautiful Untrue Things, Forging Oscar Wilde's Extraordinary Afterlife, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2019. Octavo, first edition, pp. xii, 287, printed boards, half-tone illustration. A fascinating deconstruction of legitimate and fraudulent posthumous Wilde material and the charlatans who kept him in the public consciousness. Oscar probably would have loved this. Condition of this book: Fine, no flaws. Shipments outside the U.S. may be subject to local taxes. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; England; 1900-1920; Magic, Paranormal & Occult. ISBN/EAN: 9781487502904. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55136. . 9781487502904
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55136
- Title
- Beautiful Untrue Things, Forging Oscar Wilde's Extraordinary Afterlife
- Author
- Gregory Mackie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Printed Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1487502907
- ISBN 13
- 9781487502904
- Publisher
- Univ. of Toronto Press
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2019
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Books on Books; England; 1900-1920; Magic, Paranormal & Occult. Unbranded EAN: 9781487502904 Gregory Mackie Beautiful Untrue Things, Forging Oscar Wilde's Extraordinary Afterlife
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