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De Profundis
by Wilde, Oscar
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1909. This is a Near Fine copy of the Second Edition (stated "Second Edition with Additional Matter"). A publisher's note states that the new material is "aggregating some eighty pages." Gray-green paper-covered boards with gilt titling on spine and front cover. Clean text; xiii, 154 pages. Frontis portrait of Wilde by J.E. Kelly from 1882. Edited, with a Prefatory Dedication, By Robert Ross. There are previous-owner stamps on both front and rear endpapers. Some rather faint darkening around the margins. The dustjacket has some edgewear, with chipping along the top edges and one at the foot of the spine. In an archival plastic protector.. Second American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by J.E. Kelly. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Synopsis
Oscar Wilde wrote this while in prison to his friend and lover Lord Alfred Douglas. This love letter is a profound look into the personal life of Oscar. Please Note: This book has been reformatted to be easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. The Microsoft eBook has a contents page linked to the chapter headings for easy navigation. The Adobe eBook has bookmarks at chapter headings and is printable up to two full copies per year. Both versions are text searchable.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005406
- Title
- De Profundis
- Author
- Wilde, Oscar
- Illustrator
- J.E. Kelly
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Second American Edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Date Published
- 1909
- 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
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- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
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