Poemes
by Douglas, Lord Alfred
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good+
- Seller
-
Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
First edition, ordinary paper issue. Small octavo. Frontispiece portrait of Douglas by Walter Spindler. Original cream wrappers, glassine dust wrapper (just a trifle chipped), edges uncut. Very good. 191 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Enclosed in tan cloth slipcase with leather label.
Douglas first book was a translation from the French of Oscar Wilde's Salome in 1894.
Poems is unusual in that the text has been printed in both English and French.
Printed by L'Imprimerie Albouy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Houle Rare Books & Autographs (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2222408
- Title
- Poemes
- Author
- Douglas, Lord Alfred
- Illustrator
- Walter Spindler
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- The Mercure de France
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1896
- Pages
- 191
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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