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Charmides and Other Poems
by Wilde, Oscar
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1913. This collection was first published in 1881, with subsequent printings expanding the content. This is a Very Good copy of the Twelfth Edition [stated "This volume was first published in 1913" and "Twelfth Edition, May, 1913"]. The entire publishing history is given on the copyright page. Blue ribbed cloth binding, ruled on the covers; titling and decorations in gilt on the spine. Clean text;vi, 147 pages, with an eight-page publisher's catalog in the rear. The FFEP bears the signature of Eric John Dingwall (1890-1986), British anthropologist, librarian, and psychic researcher. The half-title has a listing for "Methuen's Shilling Library" that shows this published, with seven other Wilde titles in preparation. The spine has darkened to brown and the gilt is dulled, but remaining perfectly readable. Light soiling to the covers.. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006526
- Title
- Charmides and Other Poems
- Author
- Wilde, Oscar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co. Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1913
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Irish Authors);
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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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- 12mo
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- Reprint
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- Cloth
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