Author: WILDE, OSCAR
Title: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime: A Study in Duty
Description: Emmaus, PA: Story Classics, 1954. Limited Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Dorothea Braby. Limited Edition (No. 788 of 3,000 copies). Quarter bound in publisher's ivory vellum over burgundy boards, gilt lettering on spine, gilt medallion on cover, pale blue endpapers. Illustrated with duotone wood engravings by Dorothea Braby. This story was first published in The Court and Society Review, in late 1887. The main character, Lord Arthur Savile, is introduced by Lady Windermere to Mr Septimus R. Podgers, a chiromantist, who reads his palm and tells him that it is his destiny to be a murderer. Lord Arthur wants to marry, but decides he has no right to do so until he has committed the murder.. Spine mildly soiled, otherwise the volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. The pale blue slipcase is worn and splitting along one edge. VERY GOOD. Story Classics Series. Wood engravings. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 99, (1) pp. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued .
Keywords: Literature; Humor; Mystery; Story Classics; Illustrated Books; Collectible Books; Oscar Wilde; Humor Fiction Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books
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Title: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime: A Study in Duty
Description: Emmaus, PA: Story Classics, 1954. Limited Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Dorothea Braby. Limited Edition (No. 788 of 3,000 copies). Quarter bound in publisher's ivory vellum over burgundy boards, gilt lettering on spine, gilt medallion on cover, pale blue endpapers. Illustrated with duotone wood engravings by Dorothea Braby. This story was first published in The Court and Society Review, in late 1887. The main character, Lord Arthur Savile, is introduced by Lady Windermere to Mr Septimus R. Podgers, a chiromantist, who reads his palm and tells him that it is his destiny to be a murderer. Lord Arthur wants to marry, but decides he has no right to do so until he has committed the murder.. Spine mildly soiled, otherwise the volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. The pale blue slipcase is worn and splitting along one edge. VERY GOOD. Story Classics Series. Wood engravings. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 99, (1) pp. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued .
Keywords: Literature; Humor; Mystery; Story Classics; Illustrated Books; Collectible Books; Oscar Wilde; Humor Fiction Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books
Price: US$ 25.00 Seller: Round Table Books, LLC
- Book number: 24736
- Book number: 24736
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