An Ideal Husband. A Woman of No Importance
by Wilde, Oscar
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Staten Island, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Modern Library Hardcover, flexible brown leatherette with title and author in gilt letters on spine and Bernhart torchbearer image on front cover. Circa 1928 - 1929. 220 pages. Complete list of Modern Library titles appended at rear. Covers show light wear to tips and spine shaved at head and heel. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. A solid, clean copy. Good. . Reprint. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012148
- Title
- An Ideal Husband. A Woman of No Importance
- Author
- Wilde, Oscar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- The Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- Literature, Modern Library
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
About Great Expectations Rare Books
We carry a general stock of antiquarian books with a focus on Charles Dickens, 19th and 20th century literature, history and biography.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.