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Privately Printed, 1928. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, May 6 (weekend sale item)* xv, 438 pp., color frontis.; original purple cloth, head & tail of spine faded, else very good in a tattered and slightly soiled dust jacket. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

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London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1905. Front cover detached but extant, large split to rear hinge, creasing to spine with minor loss to spine ends, pp untrimmed. Apart from the odd spot, pp VG. Second Edition. Soft. Poor. 16mo.

Arthur L Humphreys, London, 1908.. Very Good. 1908. Hardcover. hardback, small 8vo, 222pp, slight foxing otherwise clean and tight, no inscriptions, paper-covered boards and half-vellum binding, 5 raised bands, gilt spine titles, Very Good condition .

Arthur L. Humphreys, 1905. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. London, Arthur L. Humphreys, 1905. Second edition. 12 x 16 cm, 222 pp. Fine binding signed by C. J. Sawyer Ltd., 12 Grafton Street W. (Charles/Chas J Sawyer) Aphorisms and epigrams written under the pen name Sebastian Melmoth and the Fortnightly Review version of The soul of man under socialism. Half blue leather binding, gilt top edge. Small damage on the front board, the odd spot. The last page (with reprint details) is partially restored. The Book Cellar & Henschel.

London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1904 Book. Good. Soft cover. [iv], 222, [2] pages. In the original paper covers which are browned and soiled. Damp stain to the foot of the front cover, but this does not go through to the text. Some tears to the head and foot of the spine. Page edges are untrimmed and a bit dusty at the edges. Crease to the half title page..

SEBASTIANMELMOTH[OSCAR WILDE]


LONDON
ARTHUR L. HUMPHREYS
1911
DESCRIPTION
(iv) + 222 + (iv)
Book measures 165mm x 135mm approximately.
Nicely bound by Hatchards in half green grained gilt-ruled calf over green boards. Spine with five gilt-ruled raised bands and gilt boxed compartments with title, author and date in gilt. Nice quality heavier gauge paper pages. Top page edges in gilt, remainder uncut.
CONDITION
In overall good condition. The binding is in firm and tight condition. There are some general scuffs, marks and knocks to the binding and some small losses of leather to some of the spine compartments. Light rubbing of hinges and board edges, and bumping to board corners. Internally the pages are wonderfully clean and bright with just some minor dulling to end-papers.
Overall, a nice signed binding in good condition.
INTERESTING
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, the early 1890s saw him become one of the most popular… Read More

Arthur L Humphreys,, 1908. Sm. 4to., Third Edition, on laid paper, with title in red and black, contemporary signatures on front endpapers; original laid paper boards, paper back with four flat bands, printed paper label in second compartment, uncut, fore-edges dust-soiled, scuff-marks on upper boards, backstrip moderately browned, joints rubbed else a crisp, clean copy. A selection of Wilde's epigrams and aphorisms, together with a reprint [with truncated title] of his famous essay 'The Soul of Man under Socialism'. First published in 1904. Mason 635.

London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1905. Full-Leather. Near Good. Collection of Oscar Wilde's timeless and often devastating wit. "The Man who does not think for himself, does not think at all". Reprinted from the "Fortnightly Review" . Handsome contemorary Red Calf Full-Leather Binding with 4 Raised Bands to spine (the 5th Band and the lower secment of leather are missing from the spine (see photos). Gilt Lettering in 2nd Compartment. All page edges Gilt. 222 Pages, 310g, 6 1/4" Tall. Gift inscription on free endpaper dated 1906. Some edge wear to leather and a few scrapes on the back. Hinges sound & Binding firm. Pages in very good, clean condition. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1904. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/Fair. sm 8vo - 17 X 13cm. The first edition of a collection of aphorisms together with his essay on Socialism "The Soul of Man". Internally very good in original printed paper wraps with a fair copy of a glasseine wrapper, damaged with loss to spine area and chipped in places, protecting the pink paper wraps beneath.

London, Humphreys, 1905... 224pp. 8vo. Original title wrappers with fragile plain opaque dustwrapper, some chipping,a very good copy.. A literary curiosity which tried to take advantage of the public's salacious interest in the writings and doings of the "exiled" and disgraced Wilde.Aphorisms and a version of The Soul of Man. With the ownership mark of Melbourne publisher Thomas Lothian and the date 1906.