after reading letters von wilde oscar (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near fine. Illustrated by Ethelbert White (illustrator). Limited edition. Thin 8vo. (60)pp. Cloth spine, gilt. Patterned paper over boards. Finely printed letterpress on handmade paper. Woodcut cover and decorations by Ethelbert White. One of 400 numbered copies from a totla edition of 475, this is number 455. A near fine copy. "The letters included in this volume were written by Oscar Wilde to his friend Robert Ross during the summer of 1897. Wilde was released on Wednesday, May 19th, after completing his sentence of two years imprisonment, and on that day he crossed with a friend to Dieppe where he was met by Robert Ross to whom he at once handed the manuscript of his prison letter no known as 'De Profundis'. .

Quarter Vellum. Zustand: Good Plus. First Edition. This being one of 75 printed on vellum, numbered signed by Ethelbert White copies. Book measures 22x15.5.cm. 59,[1]pp, plus 3 single page illustrations. Bound in original publishers quarter vellum, with patterned boards, and gilt lettering. Spine gouged, worn with loss, possibley rodent wear. Binding in good clean firm conditioon. Internally, pages clean. A good clean copy, in a worn binding. Size: 8vo. Signed by Illustrator.