Impressions of America
by Wilde, Oscar
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good (Minus)/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Sunderland: Keystone Press, 1906. Wilde visited America in 1882, lecturing there to explain the Aesthetic Movement. On his return to England he gave this "report" in September of 1883. Edited and with an introduction by Stuart Mason. (pseudonym of Christopher Millard, 1872-1927, who was the first bibliographer of Wilde's works). This is a Very Good (minus) copy of the First Edition, which was LIMITED to 500 copies, 50 on handmade paper. A rare work, bound in fragile, stitched paper wraps. Clean text; 40 pages, which are unopened. The covers have significant chips along the margins, and while present, they are currently detached. Please note the condition issue; Quercus must offer this as a Binding Copy, in need of restoration or repair. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good (Minus)/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004997
- Title
- Impressions of America
- Author
- Wilde, Oscar
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Minus)
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Keystone Press
- Place of Publication
- Sunderland
- Date Published
- 1906
- 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.
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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...