The Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde
by Oscar Wilde
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Franklin Watts Inc, 1960. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1960. First American Edition. 189 pages. Pictorial dust jacket with black lettering over blue cloth. Brown illustrations throughout. Clean pages with firm binding. Minimal tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and soiling to boards. Minor sunning to spine and board edges. Unclipped dust jacket. Moderate wear, tear and loss to edges and corners. Notable tanning, staining and soiling to DJ.
Synopsis
The master of wit and irony Published here alongside their evocative original illustrations, these fairy tales, as Oscar Wilde himself explained, were written “partly for children, and partly for those who have kept the childlike faculties of wonder and joy.”
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1713259036DPB
- Title
- The Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde
- Author
- Oscar Wilde
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Franklin Watts Inc
- Date Published
- 1960
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