Stories
by Wilde, Oscar
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Bromsgrove, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Heron Books: 1978. 1978 Heron Books Hardcover 1st Edition thus.. Fine/Like new. with Blue Leatherette cover. Gold design on spine & front board. No annotations or inscriptions. Collectible. Frontispiece drawing of the author. Introduction by John Guest. Biography of Wilde at start of book. 319 pages. Place marker silk ribbon in place. Octavio. 7.87 X 4.80 X 0.94 inches. Excellent sized print. Gilt titles on spine. The faux leatherette binding is as good as new with no sign of the gilt lettering fading etc. Stories are complete and unabridged. Pages bright and clean. These editions were produced on superior paper which has not aged. Its a collection of stories by the author and includes The Picture of Dorian Gray. Contents. The Picture of Dorian Gray, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime; The Cantaville Ghost; The Sphinx Without a Secret; The Model Millionaire; House of Pomegranates; The Happy Prince and other tales. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- David Edward Hellawell (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2269
- Title
- Stories
- Author
- Wilde, Oscar
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Heron Books: 1978
- Keywords
- Oscar Wilde Stories Dorian Grey Canterville Ghost Miodel Millionaire Sphinx QSE
Terms of Sale
David Edward Hellawell
I will refund the cost if the book is returned within 7 days with details of where the description was faulty.
About the Seller
David Edward Hellawell
Biblio member since 2007
Bromsgrove, West Midlands
About David Edward Hellawell
Professor Emeritus now selling off the stock of a lifetime.
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