Letters to the Sphinx from Oscar Wilde (Signed)
by LEVERSON, Ada
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- VG+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Duckworth, 1930. Bound in blue cloth, stamped in gold. A bit of scuffing to extremes, but overall, a tight, bright copy. One of 275 copies in the first edition (this is #165). Signed by Ms. Leverson beneath the limitation statement. A 64-page book of historical background and letters from Oscar Wilde to Ms. Leverson who he fondingly referred to as "The Sphinx". The letters were written in the 1890's. Exceedingly scarce. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/No Jacket. Signed, Limited.
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Details
- Bookseller
- abookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010887
- Title
- Letters to the Sphinx from Oscar Wilde (Signed)
- Author
- LEVERSON, Ada
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Duckworth
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Letters; Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Letters; Zzpc;
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