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New York: The Philosophical Library, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. . Cloth. About Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First printing. Hard cover small 8vo in light blue cloth w/dark blue spine titles, About Fine w/soft spine tips, else Fine and unmarked; in Very Good unclipped DJ w/ several chips, scuffed heel, now in clear protective cover. 148pp inc. textual footnotes.

Methuen & Co. Ltd,. VG, plus, no markings save sig. of CW Osborn to prelim. Guaranteed condition. Lacks jkt. |No markings . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition thus. 1st Printing. 1949.

Philosophical Library, N. D.. Good in Good dust jacket. 1950. Hardcover. Slight wear top of dustwrapper .

UK,slim 8vo HB minus dw/dj,2nd edn.[This UK,unabridged edn was first published October 27th,1949.This is the 2nd edn.] FINE. No owner inscrptn.Top+fore-edges unusually,are very lightly toned with no foxing/spotting; text body contents exceptionally bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread,other then my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered,original navy blue cloth boards with circular gilt blocked motif to upper board,bright,crisp, blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip and immaculate,clean plain white sets of endpapers with my bookseller's gilt adhesive seller's label to frontpastedown's fore-edge corner.UK,slim 8vo HB minus dw/dj,2nd edn,7-147pp [paginated] includes an Introduction by Vyvyan Holland,(Wilde's son),the text of the letter; plus [unpaginated] blank,half-title with blank verso,and title page. Visually the… Read More

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[In 1905,Wilde's contemporary translator to German,Max Meyerfeld, published the first book edition with Samuel Fischer in Berlin,which was preceded by a publication in Fischer's monthly magazine Neue Rundschau [Vol. 16, Nos. 1–2 (Jan – Febr. 1905.) The book appeared on 11 February 1905,thus preceding the English edition published by Robbie Ross by about two weeks.Ross published the letter with the title "De Profundis",expurgating all references to the Queensberry family.This edition would go through eight printings in the next three years,including the de luxe editions.] VG/VG.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (10s. 6d.) to dw/dj.Pale grey background dw/dj with light ageing/grubbing to edges and spine,front panel with double-lined reddish-brown border with black and reddish-brown lettering within borders,similar coloured letters to a slightly darkened spine with miniscule rubbing/chipping and its reciprocal paper loss to both head+ foot of same,rear panel plain… Read More